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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Margosa \Mar*go"sa\, n. [Pg. amargoso bitter.] (Bot.) A large tree of genus {Melia} ({M. Azadirachta}) found in India. Its bark is bitter, and used as a tonic. A valuable oil is expressed from its seeds, and a tenacious gum exudes from its trunk. The {M. Azedarach} is a much more showy tree, and is cultivated in the Southern United States, where it is known as {Pride of India}, {Pride of China}, or {bead tree}. Various parts of the tree are considered anthelmintic. The margosa oil . . . is a most valuable balsam for wounds, having a peculiar smell which prevents the attacks of flies. --Sir S. Baker. | |
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Margosa \Mar*go"sa\, n. [Pg. amargoso bitter.] (Bot.) A large tree of genus {Melia} ({M. Azadirachta}) found in India. Its bark is bitter, and used as a tonic. A valuable oil is expressed from its seeds, and a tenacious gum exudes from its trunk. The {M. Azedarach} is a much more showy tree, and is cultivated in the Southern United States, where it is known as {Pride of India}, {Pride of China}, or {bead tree}. Various parts of the tree are considered anthelmintic. The margosa oil . . . is a most valuable balsam for wounds, having a peculiar smell which prevents the attacks of flies. --Sir S. Baker. | |
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Neem tree \Neem" tree`\ [Hind. n[c6]m.] (Bot.) An Asiatic name for {Melia Azadirachta}, and {M. Azedarach}. See {Margosa}. | |
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Bead \Bead\, n. [OE. bede prayer, prayer bead, AS. bed, gebed, prayer; akin to D. bede, G. bitte, AS. biddan, to ask, bid, G. bitten to ask, and perh. to Gr. [?] to persuade, L. fidere to trust. Beads are used by the Roman Catholics to count their prayers, one bead being dropped down a string every time a prayer is said. Cf. Sp. cuenta bead, fr. contar to count. See {Bid}, in to bid beads, and {Bide}.] 1. A prayer. [Obs.] 2. A little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn for ornament; or used in a rosary for counting prayers, as by Roman Catholics and Mohammedans, whence the phrases to tell beads, to at one's beads, to bid beads, etc., meaning, to be at prayer. 3. Any small globular body; as, (a) A bubble in spirits. (b) A drop of sweat or other liquid. [bd]Cold beads of midnight dew.[b8] --Wordsworth. (c) A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim). (d) (Arch.) A small molding of rounded surface, the section being usually an arc of a circle. It may be continuous, or broken into short embossments. (e) (Chem.) A glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color test for several mineral earths and oxides, as of iron, manganese, etc., before the blowpipe; as, the borax bead; the iron bead, etc. {Bead and butt} (Carp.), framing in which the panels are flush, having beads stuck or run upon the two edges. --Knight. {Beat mold}, a species of fungus or mold, the stems of which consist of single cells loosely jointed together so as to resemble a string of beads. [Written also {bead mould}.] {Bead tool}, a cutting tool, having an edge curved so as to make beads or beading. {Bead tree} (Bot.), a tree of the genus {Melia}, the best known species of which ({M. azedarach}), has blue flowers which are very fragrant, and berries which are poisonous. | |
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Margosa \Mar*go"sa\, n. [Pg. amargoso bitter.] (Bot.) A large tree of genus {Melia} ({M. Azadirachta}) found in India. Its bark is bitter, and used as a tonic. A valuable oil is expressed from its seeds, and a tenacious gum exudes from its trunk. The {M. Azedarach} is a much more showy tree, and is cultivated in the Southern United States, where it is known as {Pride of India}, {Pride of China}, or {bead tree}. Various parts of the tree are considered anthelmintic. The margosa oil . . . is a most valuable balsam for wounds, having a peculiar smell which prevents the attacks of flies. --Sir S. Baker. | |
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Neem tree \Neem" tree`\ [Hind. n[c6]m.] (Bot.) An Asiatic name for {Melia Azadirachta}, and {M. Azedarach}. See {Margosa}. | |
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Bead \Bead\, n. [OE. bede prayer, prayer bead, AS. bed, gebed, prayer; akin to D. bede, G. bitte, AS. biddan, to ask, bid, G. bitten to ask, and perh. to Gr. [?] to persuade, L. fidere to trust. Beads are used by the Roman Catholics to count their prayers, one bead being dropped down a string every time a prayer is said. Cf. Sp. cuenta bead, fr. contar to count. See {Bid}, in to bid beads, and {Bide}.] 1. A prayer. [Obs.] 2. A little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn for ornament; or used in a rosary for counting prayers, as by Roman Catholics and Mohammedans, whence the phrases to tell beads, to at one's beads, to bid beads, etc., meaning, to be at prayer. 3. Any small globular body; as, (a) A bubble in spirits. (b) A drop of sweat or other liquid. [bd]Cold beads of midnight dew.[b8] --Wordsworth. (c) A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim). (d) (Arch.) A small molding of rounded surface, the section being usually an arc of a circle. It may be continuous, or broken into short embossments. (e) (Chem.) A glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color test for several mineral earths and oxides, as of iron, manganese, etc., before the blowpipe; as, the borax bead; the iron bead, etc. {Bead and butt} (Carp.), framing in which the panels are flush, having beads stuck or run upon the two edges. --Knight. {Beat mold}, a species of fungus or mold, the stems of which consist of single cells loosely jointed together so as to resemble a string of beads. [Written also {bead mould}.] {Bead tool}, a cutting tool, having an edge curved so as to make beads or beading. {Bead tree} (Bot.), a tree of the genus {Melia}, the best known species of which ({M. azedarach}), has blue flowers which are very fragrant, and berries which are poisonous. | |
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{Macaw bush} (Bot.), a West Indian name for a prickly kind of nightshade ({Solanum mammosum}). {Macaw palm}, {Macaw tree} (Bot.), a tropical American palm ({Acrocomia fusiformis} and other species) having a prickly stem and pinnately divided leaves. Its nut yields a yellow butter, with the perfume of violets, which is used in making violet soap. Called also {grugru palm}. | |
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Sea clam \Sea" clam`\ (Zo[94]l.) Any one of the large bivalve mollusks found on the open seacoast, especially those of the family {Mactrid[91]}, as the common American species. ({Mactra, [or] Spisula, solidissima}); -- called also {beach clam}, and {surf clam}. | |
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Surf \Surf\, n. [Formerly spelled suffe, and probably the same word as E. sough.] The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a sloping beach. {Surf bird} (Zo[94]l.), a ploverlike bird of the genus {Aphriza}, allied to the turnstone. {Surf clam} (Zo[94]l.), a large clam living on the open coast, especially {Mactra, [or] Spisula, solidissima}. See {Mactra}. {Surf duck} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of sea ducks of the genus {Oidemia}, especially {O. percpicillata}; -- called also {surf scoter}. See the Note under {Scoter}. {Surf fish} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of California embiotocoid fishes. See {Embiotocoid}. {Surf smelt}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Smelt}. {Surf whiting}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Whiting}. | |
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d8Mactra \[d8]Mac"tra\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] kneading trough, fr. [?] to knead.] (Zo[94]l.) Any marine bivalve shell of the genus {Mactra}, and allied genera. Many species are known. Some of them are used as food, as {Mactra stultorum}, of Europe. See {Surf clam}, under {Surf}. | |
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Maestricht monitor \Maes"tricht mon"i*tor\ [So called from Maestricht, a town in Holland.] (Paleon.) The {Mosasaurus Hofmanni}. See {Mosasaurus}. | |
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Maister \Mais"ter\, n. Master. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Spenser. | |
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Maister \Mais"ter\, a. Principal; chief. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Maistre \Mais"tre\, Maistrie \Mais"trie\, Maistry \Mais"try\, n. Mastery; superiority; art. See {Mastery}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Maistress \Mais"tress\, n. Mistress. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Maistre \Mais"tre\, Maistrie \Mais"trie\, Maistry \Mais"try\, n. Mastery; superiority; art. See {Mastery}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Maistre \Mais"tre\, Maistrie \Mais"trie\, Maistry \Mais"try\, n. Mastery; superiority; art. See {Mastery}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Maize \Maize\, n. [Sp. maiz. fr. mahiz or mahis, is the language of the Island of Hayti.] (Bot.) A large species of American grass of the genus {Zea} ({Z. Mays}), widely cultivated as a forage and food plant; Indian corn. Also, its seed, growing on cobs, and used as food for men animals. {Maize eater} (Zo[94]l.), a South American bird of the genus {Pseudoleistes}, allied to the troupials. {Maize yellow}, a delicate pale yellow. | |
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Masseter \Mas"se*ter\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a chewer, [?] a muscle of the lower jaw used in chewing, from [?] to chew: cf. F. mass[82]ter.] (Anat.) The large muscle which raises the under jaw, and assists in mastication. | |
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Masseteric \Mas`se*ter"ic\, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the masseter. | |
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Masseterine \Mas"se*ter`ine\, a. (Anat.) Masseteric. | |
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She starts, and leaves her bed, amd springs a light. --Dryden. The friends to the cause sprang a new project. --Swift. 3. To cause to explode; as, to spring a mine. 4. To crack or split; to bend or strain so as to weaken; as, to spring a mast or a yard. 5. To cause to close suddenly, as the parts of a trap operated by a spring; as, to spring a trap. 6. To bend by force, as something stiff or strong; to force or put by bending, as a beam into its sockets, and allowing it to straighten when in place; -- often with in, out, etc.; as, to spring in a slat or a bar. 7. To pass over by leaping; as, to spring a fence. {To spring a butt} (Naut.), to loosen the end of a plank in a ship's bottom. {To spring a leak} (Naut.), to begin to leak. {To spring an arch} (Arch.), to build an arch; -- a common term among masons; as, to spring an arch over a lintel. {To spring a rattle}, to cause a rattle to sound. See {Watchman's rattle}, under {Watchman}. {To spring the luff} (Naut.), to ease the helm, and sail nearer to the wind than before; -- said of a vessel. --Mar. Dict. {To spring a} {mast [or] spar} (Naut.), to strain it so that it is unserviceable. | |
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Master \Mast"er\, n. (Naut.) A vessel having (so many) masts; -- used only in compounds; as, a two-master. | |
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Master \Mas"ter\, n. [OE. maistre, maister, OF. maistre, mestre, F. ma[8c]tre, fr. L. magister, orig. a double comparative from the root of magnus great, akin to Gr. [?]. Cf. {Maestro}, {Magister}, {Magistrate}, {Magnitude}, {Major}, {Mister}, {Mistress}, {Mickle}.] 1. A male person having another living being so far subject to his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its actions; -- formerly used with much more extensive application than now. (a) The employer of a servant. (b) The owner of a slave. (c) The person to whom an apprentice is articled. (d) A sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a chief, or one exercising similar authority. (e) The head of a household. (f) The male head of a school or college. (g) A male teacher. (h) The director of a number of persons performing a ceremony or sharing a feast. (i) The owner of a docile brute, -- especially a dog or horse. (j) The controller of a familiar spirit or other supernatural being. 2. One who uses, or controls at will, anything inanimate; as, to be master of one's time. --Shak. Master of a hundred thousand drachms. --Addison. We are masters of the sea. --Jowett (Thucyd. ). 3. One who has attained great skill in the use or application of anything; as, a master of oratorical art. Great masters of ridicule. --Maccaulay. No care is taken to improve young men in their own language, that they may thoroughly understand and be masters of it. --Locke. 4. A title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced m[cc]ster, except when given to boys; -- sometimes written {Mister}, but usually abbreviated to Mr. 5. A young gentleman; a lad, or small boy. Where there are little masters and misses in a house, they are impediments to the diversions of the servants. --Swift. 6. (Naut.) The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel. 7. A person holding an office of authority among the Freemasons, esp. the presiding officer; also, a person holding a similar office in other civic societies. {Little masters}, certain German engravers of the 16th century, so called from the extreme smallness of their prints. {Master in chancery}, an officer of courts of equity, who acts as an assistant to the chancellor or judge, by inquiring into various matters referred to him, and reporting thereon to the court. {Master of arts}, one who takes the second degree at a university; also, the degree or title itself, indicated by the abbreviation M. A., or A. M. {Master of the horse}, the third great officer in the British court, having the management of the royal stables, etc. In ceremonial cavalcades he rides next to the sovereign. {Master of the rolls}, in England, an officer who has charge of the rolls and patents that pass the great seal, and of the records of the chancery, and acts as assistant judge of the court. --Bouvier. --Wharton. {Past master}, one who has held the office of master in a lodge of Freemasons or in a society similarly organized. {The old masters}, distinguished painters who preceded modern painters; especially, the celebrated painters of the 16th and 17th centuries. {To be master of one's self}, to have entire self-control; not to be governed by passion. {To be one's own master}, to be at liberty to act as one chooses without dictation from anybody. Note: Master, signifying chief, principal, masterly, superior, thoroughly skilled, etc., is often used adjiectively or in compounds; as, master builder or master-builder, master chord or master-chord, master mason or master-mason, master workman or master-workman, master mechanic, master mind, master spirit, master passion, etc. Throughout the city by the master gate. --Chaucer. {Master joint} (Geol.), a quarryman's term for the more prominent and extended joints traversing a rock mass. {Master key}, a key adapted to open several locks differing somewhat from each other; figuratively, a rule or principle of general application in solving difficulties. {Master lode} (Mining), the principal vein of ore. {Master mariner}, an experienced and skilled seaman who is certified to be competent to command a merchant vessel. {Master sinew} (Far.), a large sinew that surrounds the hough of a horse, and divides it from the bone by a hollow place, where the windgalls are usually seated. {Master singer}. See {Mastersinger}. {Master stroke}, a capital performance; a masterly achievement; a consummate action; as, a master stroke of policy. {Master tap} (Mech.), a tap for forming the thread in a screw cutting die. {Master touch}. (a) The touch or skill of a master. --Pope. (b) Some part of a performance which exhibits very skillful work or treatment. [bd]Some master touches of this admirable piece.[b8] --Tatler. {Master work}, the most important work accomplished by a skilled person, as in architecture, literature, etc.; also, a work which shows the skill of a master; a masterpiece. {Master workman}, a man specially skilled in any art, handicraft, or trade, or who is an overseer, foreman, or employer. | |
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Master \Mas"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mastered}; p. pr. vb. n. {Mastering}.] 1. To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue. Obstinacy and willful neglects must be mastered, even though it cost blows. --Locke. 2. To gain the command of, so as to understand or apply; to become an adept in; as, to master a science. 3. To own; to posses. [Obs.] The wealth That the world masters. --Shak. | |
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Master \Mas"ter\, v. i. To be skillful; to excel. [Obs.] | |
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Master \Mas"ter\, n. [OE. maistre, maister, OF. maistre, mestre, F. ma[8c]tre, fr. L. magister, orig. a double comparative from the root of magnus great, akin to Gr. [?]. Cf. {Maestro}, {Magister}, {Magistrate}, {Magnitude}, {Major}, {Mister}, {Mistress}, {Mickle}.] 1. A male person having another living being so far subject to his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its actions; -- formerly used with much more extensive application than now. (a) The employer of a servant. (b) The owner of a slave. (c) The person to whom an apprentice is articled. (d) A sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a chief, or one exercising similar authority. (e) The head of a household. (f) The male head of a school or college. (g) A male teacher. (h) The director of a number of persons performing a ceremony or sharing a feast. (i) The owner of a docile brute, -- especially a dog or horse. (j) The controller of a familiar spirit or other supernatural being. 2. One who uses, or controls at will, anything inanimate; as, to be master of one's time. --Shak. Master of a hundred thousand drachms. --Addison. We are masters of the sea. --Jowett (Thucyd. ). 3. One who has attained great skill in the use or application of anything; as, a master of oratorical art. Great masters of ridicule. --Maccaulay. No care is taken to improve young men in their own language, that they may thoroughly understand and be masters of it. --Locke. 4. A title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced m[cc]ster, except when given to boys; -- sometimes written {Mister}, but usually abbreviated to Mr. 5. A young gentleman; a lad, or small boy. Where there are little masters and misses in a house, they are impediments to the diversions of the servants. --Swift. 6. (Naut.) The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel. 7. A person holding an office of authority among the Freemasons, esp. the presiding officer; also, a person holding a similar office in other civic societies. {Little masters}, certain German engravers of the 16th century, so called from the extreme smallness of their prints. {Master in chancery}, an officer of courts of equity, who acts as an assistant to the chancellor or judge, by inquiring into various matters referred to him, and reporting thereon to the court. {Master of arts}, one who takes the second degree at a university; also, the degree or title itself, indicated by the abbreviation M. A., or A. M. {Master of the horse}, the third great officer in the British court, having the management of the royal stables, etc. In ceremonial cavalcades he rides next to the sovereign. {Master of the rolls}, in England, an officer who has charge of the rolls and patents that pass the great seal, and of the records of the chancery, and acts as assistant judge of the court. --Bouvier. --Wharton. {Past master}, one who has held the office of master in a lodge of Freemasons or in a society similarly organized. {The old masters}, distinguished painters who preceded modern painters; especially, the celebrated painters of the 16th and 17th centuries. {To be master of one's self}, to have entire self-control; not to be governed by passion. {To be one's own master}, to be at liberty to act as one chooses without dictation from anybody. Note: Master, signifying chief, principal, masterly, superior, thoroughly skilled, etc., is often used adjiectively or in compounds; as, master builder or master-builder, master chord or master-chord, master mason or master-mason, master workman or master-workman, master mechanic, master mind, master spirit, master passion, etc. Throughout the city by the master gate. --Chaucer. {Master joint} (Geol.), a quarryman's term for the more prominent and extended joints traversing a rock mass. {Master key}, a key adapted to open several locks differing somewhat from each other; figuratively, a rule or principle of general application in solving difficulties. {Master lode} (Mining), the principal vein of ore. {Master mariner}, an experienced and skilled seaman who is certified to be competent to command a merchant vessel. {Master sinew} (Far.), a large sinew that surrounds the hough of a horse, and divides it from the bone by a hollow place, where the windgalls are usually seated. {Master singer}. See {Mastersinger}. {Master stroke}, a capital performance; a masterly achievement; a consummate action; as, a master stroke of policy. {Master tap} (Mech.), a tap for forming the thread in a screw cutting die. {Master touch}. (a) The touch or skill of a master. --Pope. (b) Some part of a performance which exhibits very skillful work or treatment. [bd]Some master touches of this admirable piece.[b8] --Tatler. {Master work}, the most important work accomplished by a skilled person, as in architecture, literature, etc.; also, a work which shows the skill of a master; a masterpiece. {Master workman}, a man specially skilled in any art, handicraft, or trade, or who is an overseer, foreman, or employer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Master \Mas"ter\, n. [OE. maistre, maister, OF. maistre, mestre, F. ma[8c]tre, fr. L. magister, orig. a double comparative from the root of magnus great, akin to Gr. [?]. Cf. {Maestro}, {Magister}, {Magistrate}, {Magnitude}, {Major}, {Mister}, {Mistress}, {Mickle}.] 1. A male person having another living being so far subject to his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its actions; -- formerly used with much more extensive application than now. (a) The employer of a servant. (b) The owner of a slave. (c) The person to whom an apprentice is articled. (d) A sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a chief, or one exercising similar authority. (e) The head of a household. (f) The male head of a school or college. (g) A male teacher. (h) The director of a number of persons performing a ceremony or sharing a feast. (i) The owner of a docile brute, -- especially a dog or horse. (j) The controller of a familiar spirit or other supernatural being. 2. One who uses, or controls at will, anything inanimate; as, to be master of one's time. --Shak. Master of a hundred thousand drachms. --Addison. We are masters of the sea. --Jowett (Thucyd. ). 3. One who has attained great skill in the use or application of anything; as, a master of oratorical art. Great masters of ridicule. --Maccaulay. No care is taken to improve young men in their own language, that they may thoroughly understand and be masters of it. --Locke. 4. A title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced m[cc]ster, except when given to boys; -- sometimes written {Mister}, but usually abbreviated to Mr. 5. A young gentleman; a lad, or small boy. Where there are little masters and misses in a house, they are impediments to the diversions of the servants. --Swift. 6. (Naut.) The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel. 7. A person holding an office of authority among the Freemasons, esp. the presiding officer; also, a person holding a similar office in other civic societies. {Little masters}, certain German engravers of the 16th century, so called from the extreme smallness of their prints. {Master in chancery}, an officer of courts of equity, who acts as an assistant to the chancellor or judge, by inquiring into various matters referred to him, and reporting thereon to the court. {Master of arts}, one who takes the second degree at a university; also, the degree or title itself, indicated by the abbreviation M. A., or A. M. {Master of the horse}, the third great officer in the British court, having the management of the royal stables, etc. In ceremonial cavalcades he rides next to the sovereign. {Master of the rolls}, in England, an officer who has charge of the rolls and patents that pass the great seal, and of the records of the chancery, and acts as assistant judge of the court. --Bouvier. --Wharton. {Past master}, one who has held the office of master in a lodge of Freemasons or in a society similarly organized. {The old masters}, distinguished painters who preceded modern painters; especially, the celebrated painters of the 16th and 17th centuries. {To be master of one's self}, to have entire self-control; not to be governed by passion. {To be one's own master}, to be at liberty to act as one chooses without dictation from anybody. Note: Master, signifying chief, principal, masterly, superior, thoroughly skilled, etc., is often used adjiectively or in compounds; as, master builder or master-builder, master chord or master-chord, master mason or master-mason, master workman or master-workman, master mechanic, master mind, master spirit, master passion, etc. Throughout the city by the master gate. --Chaucer. {Master joint} (Geol.), a quarryman's term for the more prominent and extended joints traversing a rock mass. {Master key}, a key adapted to open several locks differing somewhat from each other; figuratively, a rule or principle of general application in solving difficulties. {Master lode} (Mining), the principal vein of ore. {Master mariner}, an experienced and skilled seaman who is certified to be competent to command a merchant vessel. {Master sinew} (Far.), a large sinew that surrounds the hough of a horse, and divides it from the bone by a hollow place, where the windgalls are usually seated. {Master singer}. See {Mastersinger}. {Master stroke}, a capital performance; a masterly achievement; a consummate action; as, a master stroke of policy. {Master tap} (Mech.), a tap for forming the thread in a screw cutting die. {Master touch}. (a) The touch or skill of a master. --Pope. (b) Some part of a performance which exhibits very skillful work or treatment. [bd]Some master touches of this admirable piece.[b8] --Tatler. {Master work}, the most important work accomplished by a skilled person, as in architecture, literature, etc.; also, a work which shows the skill of a master; a masterpiece. {Master workman}, a man specially skilled in any art, handicraft, or trade, or who is an overseer, foreman, or employer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Master \Mas"ter\, n. [OE. maistre, maister, OF. maistre, mestre, F. ma[8c]tre, fr. L. magister, orig. a double comparative from the root of magnus great, akin to Gr. [?]. Cf. {Maestro}, {Magister}, {Magistrate}, {Magnitude}, {Major}, {Mister}, {Mistress}, {Mickle}.] 1. A male person having another living being so far subject to his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its actions; -- formerly used with much more extensive application than now. (a) The employer of a servant. (b) The owner of a slave. (c) The person to whom an apprentice is articled. (d) A sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a chief, or one exercising similar authority. (e) The head of a household. (f) The male head of a school or college. (g) A male teacher. (h) The director of a number of persons performing a ceremony or sharing a feast. (i) The owner of a docile brute, -- especially a dog or horse. (j) The controller of a familiar spirit or other supernatural being. 2. One who uses, or controls at will, anything inanimate; as, to be master of one's time. --Shak. Master of a hundred thousand drachms. --Addison. We are masters of the sea. --Jowett (Thucyd. ). 3. One who has attained great skill in the use or application of anything; as, a master of oratorical art. Great masters of ridicule. --Maccaulay. No care is taken to improve young men in their own language, that they may thoroughly understand and be masters of it. --Locke. 4. A title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced m[cc]ster, except when given to boys; -- sometimes written {Mister}, but usually abbreviated to Mr. 5. A young gentleman; a lad, or small boy. Where there are little masters and misses in a house, they are impediments to the diversions of the servants. --Swift. 6. (Naut.) The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel. 7. A person holding an office of authority among the Freemasons, esp. the presiding officer; also, a person holding a similar office in other civic societies. {Little masters}, certain German engravers of the 16th century, so called from the extreme smallness of their prints. {Master in chancery}, an officer of courts of equity, who acts as an assistant to the chancellor or judge, by inquiring into various matters referred to him, and reporting thereon to the court. {Master of arts}, one who takes the second degree at a university; also, the degree or title itself, indicated by the abbreviation M. A., or A. M. {Master of the horse}, the third great officer in the British court, having the management of the royal stables, etc. In ceremonial cavalcades he rides next to the sovereign. {Master of the rolls}, in England, an officer who has charge of the rolls and patents that pass the great seal, and of the records of the chancery, and acts as assistant judge of the court. --Bouvier. --Wharton. {Past master}, one who has held the office of master in a lodge of Freemasons or in a society similarly organized. {The old masters}, distinguished painters who preceded modern painters; especially, the celebrated painters of the 16th and 17th centuries. {To be master of one's self}, to have entire self-control; not to be governed by passion. {To be one's own master}, to be at liberty to act as one chooses without dictation from anybody. Note: Master, signifying chief, principal, masterly, superior, thoroughly skilled, etc., is often used adjiectively or in compounds; as, master builder or master-builder, master chord or master-chord, master mason or master-mason, master workman or master-workman, master mechanic, master mind, master spirit, master passion, etc. Throughout the city by the master gate. --Chaucer. {Master joint} (Geol.), a quarryman's term for the more prominent and extended joints traversing a rock mass. {Master key}, a key adapted to open several locks differing somewhat from each other; figuratively, a rule or principle of general application in solving difficulties. {Master lode} (Mining), the principal vein of ore. {Master mariner}, an experienced and skilled seaman who is certified to be competent to command a merchant vessel. {Master sinew} (Far.), a large sinew that surrounds the hough of a horse, and divides it from the bone by a hollow place, where the windgalls are usually seated. {Master singer}. See {Mastersinger}. {Master stroke}, a capital performance; a masterly achievement; a consummate action; as, a master stroke of policy. {Master tap} (Mech.), a tap for forming the thread in a screw cutting die. {Master touch}. (a) The touch or skill of a master. --Pope. (b) Some part of a performance which exhibits very skillful work or treatment. [bd]Some master touches of this admirable piece.[b8] --Tatler. {Master work}, the most important work accomplished by a skilled person, as in architecture, literature, etc.; also, a work which shows the skill of a master; a masterpiece. {Master workman}, a man specially skilled in any art, handicraft, or trade, or who is an overseer, foreman, or employer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Master \Mas"ter\, n. [OE. maistre, maister, OF. maistre, mestre, F. ma[8c]tre, fr. L. magister, orig. a double comparative from the root of magnus great, akin to Gr. [?]. Cf. {Maestro}, {Magister}, {Magistrate}, {Magnitude}, {Major}, {Mister}, {Mistress}, {Mickle}.] 1. A male person having another living being so far subject to his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its actions; -- formerly used with much more extensive application than now. (a) The employer of a servant. (b) The owner of a slave. (c) The person to whom an apprentice is articled. (d) A sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a chief, or one exercising similar authority. (e) The head of a household. (f) The male head of a school or college. (g) A male teacher. (h) The director of a number of persons performing a ceremony or sharing a feast. (i) The owner of a docile brute, -- especially a dog or horse. (j) The controller of a familiar spirit or other supernatural being. 2. One who uses, or controls at will, anything inanimate; as, to be master of one's time. --Shak. Master of a hundred thousand drachms. --Addison. We are masters of the sea. --Jowett (Thucyd. ). 3. One who has attained great skill in the use or application of anything; as, a master of oratorical art. Great masters of ridicule. --Maccaulay. No care is taken to improve young men in their own language, that they may thoroughly understand and be masters of it. --Locke. 4. A title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced m[cc]ster, except when given to boys; -- sometimes written {Mister}, but usually abbreviated to Mr. 5. A young gentleman; a lad, or small boy. Where there are little masters and misses in a house, they are impediments to the diversions of the servants. --Swift. 6. (Naut.) The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel. 7. A person holding an office of authority among the Freemasons, esp. the presiding officer; also, a person holding a similar office in other civic societies. {Little masters}, certain German engravers of the 16th century, so called from the extreme smallness of their prints. {Master in chancery}, an officer of courts of equity, who acts as an assistant to the chancellor or judge, by inquiring into various matters referred to him, and reporting thereon to the court. {Master of arts}, one who takes the second degree at a university; also, the degree or title itself, indicated by the abbreviation M. A., or A. M. {Master of the horse}, the third great officer in the British court, having the management of the royal stables, etc. In ceremonial cavalcades he rides next to the sovereign. {Master of the rolls}, in England, an officer who has charge of the rolls and patents that pass the great seal, and of the records of the chancery, and acts as assistant judge of the court. --Bouvier. --Wharton. {Past master}, one who has held the office of master in a lodge of Freemasons or in a society similarly organized. {The old masters}, distinguished painters who preceded modern painters; especially, the celebrated painters of the 16th and 17th centuries. {To be master of one's self}, to have entire self-control; not to be governed by passion. {To be one's own master}, to be at liberty to act as one chooses without dictation from anybody. Note: Master, signifying chief, principal, masterly, superior, thoroughly skilled, etc., is often used adjiectively or in compounds; as, master builder or master-builder, master chord or master-chord, master mason or master-mason, master workman or master-workman, master mechanic, master mind, master spirit, master passion, etc. Throughout the city by the master gate. --Chaucer. {Master joint} (Geol.), a quarryman's term for the more prominent and extended joints traversing a rock mass. {Master key}, a key adapted to open several locks differing somewhat from each other; figuratively, a rule or principle of general application in solving difficulties. {Master lode} (Mining), the principal vein of ore. {Master mariner}, an experienced and skilled seaman who is certified to be competent to command a merchant vessel. {Master sinew} (Far.), a large sinew that surrounds the hough of a horse, and divides it from the bone by a hollow place, where the windgalls are usually seated. {Master singer}. See {Mastersinger}. {Master stroke}, a capital performance; a masterly achievement; a consummate action; as, a master stroke of policy. {Master tap} (Mech.), a tap for forming the thread in a screw cutting die. {Master touch}. (a) The touch or skill of a master. --Pope. (b) Some part of a performance which exhibits very skillful work or treatment. [bd]Some master touches of this admirable piece.[b8] --Tatler. {Master work}, the most important work accomplished by a skilled person, as in architecture, literature, etc.; also, a work which shows the skill of a master; a masterpiece. {Master workman}, a man specially skilled in any art, handicraft, or trade, or who is an overseer, foreman, or employer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Master \Mas"ter\, n. [OE. maistre, maister, OF. maistre, mestre, F. ma[8c]tre, fr. L. magister, orig. a double comparative from the root of magnus great, akin to Gr. [?]. Cf. {Maestro}, {Magister}, {Magistrate}, {Magnitude}, {Major}, {Mister}, {Mistress}, {Mickle}.] 1. A male person having another living being so far subject to his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its actions; -- formerly used with much more extensive application than now. (a) The employer of a servant. (b) The owner of a slave. (c) The person to whom an apprentice is articled. (d) A sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a chief, or one exercising similar authority. (e) The head of a household. (f) The male head of a school or college. (g) A male teacher. (h) The director of a number of persons performing a ceremony or sharing a feast. (i) The owner of a docile brute, -- especially a dog or horse. (j) The controller of a familiar spirit or other supernatural being. 2. One who uses, or controls at will, anything inanimate; as, to be master of one's time. --Shak. Master of a hundred thousand drachms. --Addison. We are masters of the sea. --Jowett (Thucyd. ). 3. One who has attained great skill in the use or application of anything; as, a master of oratorical art. Great masters of ridicule. --Maccaulay. No care is taken to improve young men in their own language, that they may thoroughly understand and be masters of it. --Locke. 4. A title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced m[cc]ster, except when given to boys; -- sometimes written {Mister}, but usually abbreviated to Mr. 5. A young gentleman; a lad, or small boy. Where there are little masters and misses in a house, they are impediments to the diversions of the servants. --Swift. 6. (Naut.) The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel. 7. A person holding an office of authority among the Freemasons, esp. the presiding officer; also, a person holding a similar office in other civic societies. {Little masters}, certain German engravers of the 16th century, so called from the extreme smallness of their prints. {Master in chancery}, an officer of courts of equity, who acts as an assistant to the chancellor or judge, by inquiring into various matters referred to him, and reporting thereon to the court. {Master of arts}, one who takes the second degree at a university; also, the degree or title itself, indicated by the abbreviation M. A., or A. M. {Master of the horse}, the third great officer in the British court, having the management of the royal stables, etc. In ceremonial cavalcades he rides next to the sovereign. {Master of the rolls}, in England, an officer who has charge of the rolls and patents that pass the great seal, and of the records of the chancery, and acts as assistant judge of the court. --Bouvier. --Wharton. {Past master}, one who has held the office of master in a lodge of Freemasons or in a society similarly organized. {The old masters}, distinguished painters who preceded modern painters; especially, the celebrated painters of the 16th and 17th centuries. {To be master of one's self}, to have entire self-control; not to be governed by passion. {To be one's own master}, to be at liberty to act as one chooses without dictation from anybody. Note: Master, signifying chief, principal, masterly, superior, thoroughly skilled, etc., is often used adjiectively or in compounds; as, master builder or master-builder, master chord or master-chord, master mason or master-mason, master workman or master-workman, master mechanic, master mind, master spirit, master passion, etc. Throughout the city by the master gate. --Chaucer. {Master joint} (Geol.), a quarryman's term for the more prominent and extended joints traversing a rock mass. {Master key}, a key adapted to open several locks differing somewhat from each other; figuratively, a rule or principle of general application in solving difficulties. {Master lode} (Mining), the principal vein of ore. {Master mariner}, an experienced and skilled seaman who is certified to be competent to command a merchant vessel. {Master sinew} (Far.), a large sinew that surrounds the hough of a horse, and divides it from the bone by a hollow place, where the windgalls are usually seated. {Master singer}. See {Mastersinger}. {Master stroke}, a capital performance; a masterly achievement; a consummate action; as, a master stroke of policy. {Master tap} (Mech.), a tap for forming the thread in a screw cutting die. {Master touch}. (a) The touch or skill of a master. --Pope. (b) Some part of a performance which exhibits very skillful work or treatment. [bd]Some master touches of this admirable piece.[b8] --Tatler. {Master work}, the most important work accomplished by a skilled person, as in architecture, literature, etc.; also, a work which shows the skill of a master; a masterpiece. {Master workman}, a man specially skilled in any art, handicraft, or trade, or who is an overseer, foreman, or employer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Master \Mas"ter\, n. [OE. maistre, maister, OF. maistre, mestre, F. ma[8c]tre, fr. L. magister, orig. a double comparative from the root of magnus great, akin to Gr. [?]. Cf. {Maestro}, {Magister}, {Magistrate}, {Magnitude}, {Major}, {Mister}, {Mistress}, {Mickle}.] 1. A male person having another living being so far subject to his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its actions; -- formerly used with much more extensive application than now. (a) The employer of a servant. (b) The owner of a slave. (c) The person to whom an apprentice is articled. (d) A sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a chief, or one exercising similar authority. (e) The head of a household. (f) The male head of a school or college. (g) A male teacher. (h) The director of a number of persons performing a ceremony or sharing a feast. (i) The owner of a docile brute, -- especially a dog or horse. (j) The controller of a familiar spirit or other supernatural being. 2. One who uses, or controls at will, anything inanimate; as, to be master of one's time. --Shak. Master of a hundred thousand drachms. --Addison. We are masters of the sea. --Jowett (Thucyd. ). 3. One who has attained great skill in the use or application of anything; as, a master of oratorical art. Great masters of ridicule. --Maccaulay. No care is taken to improve young men in their own language, that they may thoroughly understand and be masters of it. --Locke. 4. A title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced m[cc]ster, except when given to boys; -- sometimes written {Mister}, but usually abbreviated to Mr. 5. A young gentleman; a lad, or small boy. Where there are little masters and misses in a house, they are impediments to the diversions of the servants. --Swift. 6. (Naut.) The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel. 7. A person holding an office of authority among the Freemasons, esp. the presiding officer; also, a person holding a similar office in other civic societies. {Little masters}, certain German engravers of the 16th century, so called from the extreme smallness of their prints. {Master in chancery}, an officer of courts of equity, who acts as an assistant to the chancellor or judge, by inquiring into various matters referred to him, and reporting thereon to the court. {Master of arts}, one who takes the second degree at a university; also, the degree or title itself, indicated by the abbreviation M. A., or A. M. {Master of the horse}, the third great officer in the British court, having the management of the royal stables, etc. In ceremonial cavalcades he rides next to the sovereign. {Master of the rolls}, in England, an officer who has charge of the rolls and patents that pass the great seal, and of the records of the chancery, and acts as assistant judge of the court. --Bouvier. --Wharton. {Past master}, one who has held the office of master in a lodge of Freemasons or in a society similarly organized. {The old masters}, distinguished painters who preceded modern painters; especially, the celebrated painters of the 16th and 17th centuries. {To be master of one's self}, to have entire self-control; not to be governed by passion. {To be one's own master}, to be at liberty to act as one chooses without dictation from anybody. Note: Master, signifying chief, principal, masterly, superior, thoroughly skilled, etc., is often used adjiectively or in compounds; as, master builder or master-builder, master chord or master-chord, master mason or master-mason, master workman or master-workman, master mechanic, master mind, master spirit, master passion, etc. Throughout the city by the master gate. --Chaucer. {Master joint} (Geol.), a quarryman's term for the more prominent and extended joints traversing a rock mass. {Master key}, a key adapted to open several locks differing somewhat from each other; figuratively, a rule or principle of general application in solving difficulties. {Master lode} (Mining), the principal vein of ore. {Master mariner}, an experienced and skilled seaman who is certified to be competent to command a merchant vessel. {Master sinew} (Far.), a large sinew that surrounds the hough of a horse, and divides it from the bone by a hollow place, where the windgalls are usually seated. {Master singer}. See {Mastersinger}. {Master stroke}, a capital performance; a masterly achievement; a consummate action; as, a master stroke of policy. {Master tap} (Mech.), a tap for forming the thread in a screw cutting die. {Master touch}. (a) The touch or skill of a master. --Pope. (b) Some part of a performance which exhibits very skillful work or treatment. [bd]Some master touches of this admirable piece.[b8] --Tatler. {Master work}, the most important work accomplished by a skilled person, as in architecture, literature, etc.; also, a work which shows the skill of a master; a masterpiece. {Master workman}, a man specially skilled in any art, handicraft, or trade, or who is an overseer, foreman, or employer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ceremony \Cer"e*mo*ny\, n.; pl. {Ceremonies}. [F. c[82]r[82]monie, L. caerimonia; perh. akin to E. create and from a root signifying to do or make.] 1. Ar act or series of acts, often of a symbolical character, prescribed by law, custom, or authority, in the conduct of important matters, as in the performance of religious duties, the transaction of affairs of state, and the celebration of notable events; as, the ceremony of crowning a sovereign; the ceremonies observed in consecrating a church; marriage and baptismal ceremonies. According to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof shall ye keep it [the Passover]. --Numb. ix. 3 Bring her up the high altar, that she may The sacred ceremonies there partake. --Spenser. [The heralds] with awful ceremony And trumpet's sound, throughout the host proclaim A solemn council. --Milton. 2. Behavior regulated by strict etiquette; a formal method of performing acts of civility; forms of civility prescribed by custom or authority. Ceremony was but devised at first To set a gloss on . . . hollow welcomes . . . But where there is true friendship there needs none. --Shak. Al ceremonies are in themselves very silly things; but yet a man of the world should know them. --Chesterfield. 3. A ceremonial symbols; an emblem, as a crown, scepter, garland, etc. [Obs.] Disrobe the images, If you find them decked with ceremonies. . . . Let no images Be hung with C[91]sar's trophies. --Shak. 4. A sign or prodigy; a portent. [Obs.] C[91]sar, I never stood on ceremonies, Yet, now they fright me. --Shak. {Master of ceremonies}, an officer who determines the forms to be observed, or superintends their observance, on a public occasion. {Not to stand on ceremony}, not to be ceremonious; to be familiar, outspoken, or bold. | |
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Buckhound \Buck"hound`\, n. A hound for hunting deer. {Master of the buckhounds}, an officer in the royal household. [Eng.] | |
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Master \Mas"ter\, n. [OE. maistre, maister, OF. maistre, mestre, F. ma[8c]tre, fr. L. magister, orig. a double comparative from the root of magnus great, akin to Gr. [?]. Cf. {Maestro}, {Magister}, {Magistrate}, {Magnitude}, {Major}, {Mister}, {Mistress}, {Mickle}.] 1. A male person having another living being so far subject to his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its actions; -- formerly used with much more extensive application than now. (a) The employer of a servant. (b) The owner of a slave. (c) The person to whom an apprentice is articled. (d) A sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a chief, or one exercising similar authority. (e) The head of a household. (f) The male head of a school or college. (g) A male teacher. (h) The director of a number of persons performing a ceremony or sharing a feast. (i) The owner of a docile brute, -- especially a dog or horse. (j) The controller of a familiar spirit or other supernatural being. 2. One who uses, or controls at will, anything inanimate; as, to be master of one's time. --Shak. Master of a hundred thousand drachms. --Addison. We are masters of the sea. --Jowett (Thucyd. ). 3. One who has attained great skill in the use or application of anything; as, a master of oratorical art. Great masters of ridicule. --Maccaulay. No care is taken to improve young men in their own language, that they may thoroughly understand and be masters of it. --Locke. 4. A title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced m[cc]ster, except when given to boys; -- sometimes written {Mister}, but usually abbreviated to Mr. 5. A young gentleman; a lad, or small boy. Where there are little masters and misses in a house, they are impediments to the diversions of the servants. --Swift. 6. (Naut.) The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel. 7. A person holding an office of authority among the Freemasons, esp. the presiding officer; also, a person holding a similar office in other civic societies. {Little masters}, certain German engravers of the 16th century, so called from the extreme smallness of their prints. {Master in chancery}, an officer of courts of equity, who acts as an assistant to the chancellor or judge, by inquiring into various matters referred to him, and reporting thereon to the court. {Master of arts}, one who takes the second degree at a university; also, the degree or title itself, indicated by the abbreviation M. A., or A. M. {Master of the horse}, the third great officer in the British court, having the management of the royal stables, etc. In ceremonial cavalcades he rides next to the sovereign. {Master of the rolls}, in England, an officer who has charge of the rolls and patents that pass the great seal, and of the records of the chancery, and acts as assistant judge of the court. --Bouvier. --Wharton. {Past master}, one who has held the office of master in a lodge of Freemasons or in a society similarly organized. {The old masters}, distinguished painters who preceded modern painters; especially, the celebrated painters of the 16th and 17th centuries. {To be master of one's self}, to have entire self-control; not to be governed by passion. {To be one's own master}, to be at liberty to act as one chooses without dictation from anybody. Note: Master, signifying chief, principal, masterly, superior, thoroughly skilled, etc., is often used adjiectively or in compounds; as, master builder or master-builder, master chord or master-chord, master mason or master-mason, master workman or master-workman, master mechanic, master mind, master spirit, master passion, etc. Throughout the city by the master gate. --Chaucer. {Master joint} (Geol.), a quarryman's term for the more prominent and extended joints traversing a rock mass. {Master key}, a key adapted to open several locks differing somewhat from each other; figuratively, a rule or principle of general application in solving difficulties. {Master lode} (Mining), the principal vein of ore. {Master mariner}, an experienced and skilled seaman who is certified to be competent to command a merchant vessel. {Master sinew} (Far.), a large sinew that surrounds the hough of a horse, and divides it from the bone by a hollow place, where the windgalls are usually seated. {Master singer}. See {Mastersinger}. {Master stroke}, a capital performance; a masterly achievement; a consummate action; as, a master stroke of policy. {Master tap} (Mech.), a tap for forming the thread in a screw cutting die. {Master touch}. (a) The touch or skill of a master. --Pope. (b) Some part of a performance which exhibits very skillful work or treatment. [bd]Some master touches of this admirable piece.[b8] --Tatler. {Master work}, the most important work accomplished by a skilled person, as in architecture, literature, etc.; also, a work which shows the skill of a master; a masterpiece. {Master workman}, a man specially skilled in any art, handicraft, or trade, or who is an overseer, foreman, or employer. | |
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Revel \Rev"el\, n. [OF. revel rebellion, disorder, feast, sport. See {Revel}, v. i.] A feast with loose and noisy jollity; riotous festivity or merrymaking; a carousal. This day in mirth and revel to dispend. --Chaucer. Some men ruin . . . their bodies by incessant revels. --Rambler. {Master of the revels}, {Revel master}. Same as {Lord of misrule}, under {Lord}. | |
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Robe \Robe\, n. [F., fr. LL. rauba a gown, dress, garment; originally, booty, plunder. See {Rob}, v. t., and cf. {Rubbish}.] 1. An outer garment; a dress of a rich, flowing, and elegant style or make; hence, a dress of state, rank, office, or the like. Through tattered clothes small vices do appear; Robes and furred gowns hide all. --Shak. 2. A skin of an animal, especially, a skin of the bison, dressed with the fur on, and used as a wrap. [U.S.] {Master of the robes}, an officer of the English royal household (when the sovereign is a king) whose duty is supposed to consist in caring for the royal robes. {Mistress of the robes}, a lady who enjoys the highest rank of the ladies in the service of the English sovereign (when a queen), and is supposed to have the care her robes. | |
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(b) Hence, an official or public document; a register; a record; also, a catalogue; a list. The rolls of Parliament, the entry of the petitions, answers, and transactions in Parliament, are extant. --Sir M. Hale. The roll and list of that army doth remain. --Sir J. Davies. (c) A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form; as, a roll of carpeting; a roll of ribbon. (d) A cylindrical twist of tobacco. 4. A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself. 5. (Naut.) The oscillating movement of a vessel from side to side, in sea way, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching. 6. A heavy, reverberatory sound; as, the roll of cannon, or of thunder. 7. The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear. 8. Part; office; duty; r[93]le. [Obs.] --L'Estrange. {Long roll} (Mil.), a prolonged roll of the drums, as the signal of an attack by the enemy, and for the troops to arrange themselves in line. {Master of the rolls}. See under {Master}. {Roll call}, the act, or the time, of calling over a list names, as among soldiers. {Rolls of court}, {of parliament} (or of any public body), the parchments or rolls on which the acts and proceedings of that body are engrossed by the proper officer, and which constitute the records of such public body. {To call the roll}, to call off or recite a list or roll of names of persons belonging to an organization, in order to ascertain who are present or to obtain responses from those present. Syn: List; schedule; catalogue; register; inventory. See {List}. | |
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Master \Mas"ter\, n. [OE. maistre, maister, OF. maistre, mestre, F. ma[8c]tre, fr. L. magister, orig. a double comparative from the root of magnus great, akin to Gr. [?]. Cf. {Maestro}, {Magister}, {Magistrate}, {Magnitude}, {Major}, {Mister}, {Mistress}, {Mickle}.] 1. A male person having another living being so far subject to his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its actions; -- formerly used with much more extensive application than now. (a) The employer of a servant. (b) The owner of a slave. (c) The person to whom an apprentice is articled. (d) A sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a chief, or one exercising similar authority. (e) The head of a household. (f) The male head of a school or college. (g) A male teacher. (h) The director of a number of persons performing a ceremony or sharing a feast. (i) The owner of a docile brute, -- especially a dog or horse. (j) The controller of a familiar spirit or other supernatural being. 2. One who uses, or controls at will, anything inanimate; as, to be master of one's time. --Shak. Master of a hundred thousand drachms. --Addison. We are masters of the sea. --Jowett (Thucyd. ). 3. One who has attained great skill in the use or application of anything; as, a master of oratorical art. Great masters of ridicule. --Maccaulay. No care is taken to improve young men in their own language, that they may thoroughly understand and be masters of it. --Locke. 4. A title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced m[cc]ster, except when given to boys; -- sometimes written {Mister}, but usually abbreviated to Mr. 5. A young gentleman; a lad, or small boy. Where there are little masters and misses in a house, they are impediments to the diversions of the servants. --Swift. 6. (Naut.) The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel. 7. A person holding an office of authority among the Freemasons, esp. the presiding officer; also, a person holding a similar office in other civic societies. {Little masters}, certain German engravers of the 16th century, so called from the extreme smallness of their prints. {Master in chancery}, an officer of courts of equity, who acts as an assistant to the chancellor or judge, by inquiring into various matters referred to him, and reporting thereon to the court. {Master of arts}, one who takes the second degree at a university; also, the degree or title itself, indicated by the abbreviation M. A., or A. M. {Master of the horse}, the third great officer in the British court, having the management of the royal stables, etc. In ceremonial cavalcades he rides next to the sovereign. {Master of the rolls}, in England, an officer who has charge of the rolls and patents that pass the great seal, and of the records of the chancery, and acts as assistant judge of the court. --Bouvier. --Wharton. {Past master}, one who has held the office of master in a lodge of Freemasons or in a society similarly organized. {The old masters}, distinguished painters who preceded modern painters; especially, the celebrated painters of the 16th and 17th centuries. {To be master of one's self}, to have entire self-control; not to be governed by passion. {To be one's own master}, to be at liberty to act as one chooses without dictation from anybody. Note: Master, signifying chief, principal, masterly, superior, thoroughly skilled, etc., is often used adjiectively or in compounds; as, master builder or master-builder, master chord or master-chord, master mason or master-mason, master workman or master-workman, master mechanic, master mind, master spirit, master passion, etc. Throughout the city by the master gate. --Chaucer. {Master joint} (Geol.), a quarryman's term for the more prominent and extended joints traversing a rock mass. {Master key}, a key adapted to open several locks differing somewhat from each other; figuratively, a rule or principle of general application in solving difficulties. {Master lode} (Mining), the principal vein of ore. {Master mariner}, an experienced and skilled seaman who is certified to be competent to command a merchant vessel. {Master sinew} (Far.), a large sinew that surrounds the hough of a horse, and divides it from the bone by a hollow place, where the windgalls are usually seated. {Master singer}. See {Mastersinger}. {Master stroke}, a capital performance; a masterly achievement; a consummate action; as, a master stroke of policy. {Master tap} (Mech.), a tap for forming the thread in a screw cutting die. {Master touch}. (a) The touch or skill of a master. --Pope. (b) Some part of a performance which exhibits very skillful work or treatment. [bd]Some master touches of this admirable piece.[b8] --Tatler. {Master work}, the most important work accomplished by a skilled person, as in architecture, literature, etc.; also, a work which shows the skill of a master; a masterpiece. {Master workman}, a man specially skilled in any art, handicraft, or trade, or who is an overseer, foreman, or employer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Master \Mas"ter\, n. [OE. maistre, maister, OF. maistre, mestre, F. ma[8c]tre, fr. L. magister, orig. a double comparative from the root of magnus great, akin to Gr. [?]. Cf. {Maestro}, {Magister}, {Magistrate}, {Magnitude}, {Major}, {Mister}, {Mistress}, {Mickle}.] 1. A male person having another living being so far subject to his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its actions; -- formerly used with much more extensive application than now. (a) The employer of a servant. (b) The owner of a slave. (c) The person to whom an apprentice is articled. (d) A sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a chief, or one exercising similar authority. (e) The head of a household. (f) The male head of a school or college. (g) A male teacher. (h) The director of a number of persons performing a ceremony or sharing a feast. (i) The owner of a docile brute, -- especially a dog or horse. (j) The controller of a familiar spirit or other supernatural being. 2. One who uses, or controls at will, anything inanimate; as, to be master of one's time. --Shak. Master of a hundred thousand drachms. --Addison. We are masters of the sea. --Jowett (Thucyd. ). 3. One who has attained great skill in the use or application of anything; as, a master of oratorical art. Great masters of ridicule. --Maccaulay. No care is taken to improve young men in their own language, that they may thoroughly understand and be masters of it. --Locke. 4. A title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced m[cc]ster, except when given to boys; -- sometimes written {Mister}, but usually abbreviated to Mr. 5. A young gentleman; a lad, or small boy. Where there are little masters and misses in a house, they are impediments to the diversions of the servants. --Swift. 6. (Naut.) The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel. 7. A person holding an office of authority among the Freemasons, esp. the presiding officer; also, a person holding a similar office in other civic societies. {Little masters}, certain German engravers of the 16th century, so called from the extreme smallness of their prints. {Master in chancery}, an officer of courts of equity, who acts as an assistant to the chancellor or judge, by inquiring into various matters referred to him, and reporting thereon to the court. {Master of arts}, one who takes the second degree at a university; also, the degree or title itself, indicated by the abbreviation M. A., or A. M. {Master of the horse}, the third great officer in the British court, having the management of the royal stables, etc. In ceremonial cavalcades he rides next to the sovereign. {Master of the rolls}, in England, an officer who has charge of the rolls and patents that pass the great seal, and of the records of the chancery, and acts as assistant judge of the court. --Bouvier. --Wharton. {Past master}, one who has held the office of master in a lodge of Freemasons or in a society similarly organized. {The old masters}, distinguished painters who preceded modern painters; especially, the celebrated painters of the 16th and 17th centuries. {To be master of one's self}, to have entire self-control; not to be governed by passion. {To be one's own master}, to be at liberty to act as one chooses without dictation from anybody. Note: Master, signifying chief, principal, masterly, superior, thoroughly skilled, etc., is often used adjiectively or in compounds; as, master builder or master-builder, master chord or master-chord, master mason or master-mason, master workman or master-workman, master mechanic, master mind, master spirit, master passion, etc. Throughout the city by the master gate. --Chaucer. {Master joint} (Geol.), a quarryman's term for the more prominent and extended joints traversing a rock mass. {Master key}, a key adapted to open several locks differing somewhat from each other; figuratively, a rule or principle of general application in solving difficulties. {Master lode} (Mining), the principal vein of ore. {Master mariner}, an experienced and skilled seaman who is certified to be competent to command a merchant vessel. {Master sinew} (Far.), a large sinew that surrounds the hough of a horse, and divides it from the bone by a hollow place, where the windgalls are usually seated. {Master singer}. See {Mastersinger}. {Master stroke}, a capital performance; a masterly achievement; a consummate action; as, a master stroke of policy. {Master tap} (Mech.), a tap for forming the thread in a screw cutting die. {Master touch}. (a) The touch or skill of a master. --Pope. (b) Some part of a performance which exhibits very skillful work or treatment. [bd]Some master touches of this admirable piece.[b8] --Tatler. {Master work}, the most important work accomplished by a skilled person, as in architecture, literature, etc.; also, a work which shows the skill of a master; a masterpiece. {Master workman}, a man specially skilled in any art, handicraft, or trade, or who is an overseer, foreman, or employer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Master \Mas"ter\, n. [OE. maistre, maister, OF. maistre, mestre, F. ma[8c]tre, fr. L. magister, orig. a double comparative from the root of magnus great, akin to Gr. [?]. Cf. {Maestro}, {Magister}, {Magistrate}, {Magnitude}, {Major}, {Mister}, {Mistress}, {Mickle}.] 1. A male person having another living being so far subject to his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its actions; -- formerly used with much more extensive application than now. (a) The employer of a servant. (b) The owner of a slave. (c) The person to whom an apprentice is articled. (d) A sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a chief, or one exercising similar authority. (e) The head of a household. (f) The male head of a school or college. (g) A male teacher. (h) The director of a number of persons performing a ceremony or sharing a feast. (i) The owner of a docile brute, -- especially a dog or horse. (j) The controller of a familiar spirit or other supernatural being. 2. One who uses, or controls at will, anything inanimate; as, to be master of one's time. --Shak. Master of a hundred thousand drachms. --Addison. We are masters of the sea. --Jowett (Thucyd. ). 3. One who has attained great skill in the use or application of anything; as, a master of oratorical art. Great masters of ridicule. --Maccaulay. No care is taken to improve young men in their own language, that they may thoroughly understand and be masters of it. --Locke. 4. A title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced m[cc]ster, except when given to boys; -- sometimes written {Mister}, but usually abbreviated to Mr. 5. A young gentleman; a lad, or small boy. Where there are little masters and misses in a house, they are impediments to the diversions of the servants. --Swift. 6. (Naut.) The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel. 7. A person holding an office of authority among the Freemasons, esp. the presiding officer; also, a person holding a similar office in other civic societies. {Little masters}, certain German engravers of the 16th century, so called from the extreme smallness of their prints. {Master in chancery}, an officer of courts of equity, who acts as an assistant to the chancellor or judge, by inquiring into various matters referred to him, and reporting thereon to the court. {Master of arts}, one who takes the second degree at a university; also, the degree or title itself, indicated by the abbreviation M. A., or A. M. {Master of the horse}, the third great officer in the British court, having the management of the royal stables, etc. In ceremonial cavalcades he rides next to the sovereign. {Master of the rolls}, in England, an officer who has charge of the rolls and patents that pass the great seal, and of the records of the chancery, and acts as assistant judge of the court. --Bouvier. --Wharton. {Past master}, one who has held the office of master in a lodge of Freemasons or in a society similarly organized. {The old masters}, distinguished painters who preceded modern painters; especially, the celebrated painters of the 16th and 17th centuries. {To be master of one's self}, to have entire self-control; not to be governed by passion. {To be one's own master}, to be at liberty to act as one chooses without dictation from anybody. Note: Master, signifying chief, principal, masterly, superior, thoroughly skilled, etc., is often used adjiectively or in compounds; as, master builder or master-builder, master chord or master-chord, master mason or master-mason, master workman or master-workman, master mechanic, master mind, master spirit, master passion, etc. Throughout the city by the master gate. --Chaucer. {Master joint} (Geol.), a quarryman's term for the more prominent and extended joints traversing a rock mass. {Master key}, a key adapted to open several locks differing somewhat from each other; figuratively, a rule or principle of general application in solving difficulties. {Master lode} (Mining), the principal vein of ore. {Master mariner}, an experienced and skilled seaman who is certified to be competent to command a merchant vessel. {Master sinew} (Far.), a large sinew that surrounds the hough of a horse, and divides it from the bone by a hollow place, where the windgalls are usually seated. {Master singer}. See {Mastersinger}. {Master stroke}, a capital performance; a masterly achievement; a consummate action; as, a master stroke of policy. {Master tap} (Mech.), a tap for forming the thread in a screw cutting die. {Master touch}. (a) The touch or skill of a master. --Pope. (b) Some part of a performance which exhibits very skillful work or treatment. [bd]Some master touches of this admirable piece.[b8] --Tatler. {Master work}, the most important work accomplished by a skilled person, as in architecture, literature, etc.; also, a work which shows the skill of a master; a masterpiece. {Master workman}, a man specially skilled in any art, handicraft, or trade, or who is an overseer, foreman, or employer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Master \Mas"ter\, n. [OE. maistre, maister, OF. maistre, mestre, F. ma[8c]tre, fr. L. magister, orig. a double comparative from the root of magnus great, akin to Gr. [?]. Cf. {Maestro}, {Magister}, {Magistrate}, {Magnitude}, {Major}, {Mister}, {Mistress}, {Mickle}.] 1. A male person having another living being so far subject to his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its actions; -- formerly used with much more extensive application than now. (a) The employer of a servant. (b) The owner of a slave. (c) The person to whom an apprentice is articled. (d) A sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a chief, or one exercising similar authority. (e) The head of a household. (f) The male head of a school or college. (g) A male teacher. (h) The director of a number of persons performing a ceremony or sharing a feast. (i) The owner of a docile brute, -- especially a dog or horse. (j) The controller of a familiar spirit or other supernatural being. 2. One who uses, or controls at will, anything inanimate; as, to be master of one's time. --Shak. Master of a hundred thousand drachms. --Addison. We are masters of the sea. --Jowett (Thucyd. ). 3. One who has attained great skill in the use or application of anything; as, a master of oratorical art. Great masters of ridicule. --Maccaulay. No care is taken to improve young men in their own language, that they may thoroughly understand and be masters of it. --Locke. 4. A title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced m[cc]ster, except when given to boys; -- sometimes written {Mister}, but usually abbreviated to Mr. 5. A young gentleman; a lad, or small boy. Where there are little masters and misses in a house, they are impediments to the diversions of the servants. --Swift. 6. (Naut.) The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel. 7. A person holding an office of authority among the Freemasons, esp. the presiding officer; also, a person holding a similar office in other civic societies. {Little masters}, certain German engravers of the 16th century, so called from the extreme smallness of their prints. {Master in chancery}, an officer of courts of equity, who acts as an assistant to the chancellor or judge, by inquiring into various matters referred to him, and reporting thereon to the court. {Master of arts}, one who takes the second degree at a university; also, the degree or title itself, indicated by the abbreviation M. A., or A. M. {Master of the horse}, the third great officer in the British court, having the management of the royal stables, etc. In ceremonial cavalcades he rides next to the sovereign. {Master of the rolls}, in England, an officer who has charge of the rolls and patents that pass the great seal, and of the records of the chancery, and acts as assistant judge of the court. --Bouvier. --Wharton. {Past master}, one who has held the office of master in a lodge of Freemasons or in a society similarly organized. {The old masters}, distinguished painters who preceded modern painters; especially, the celebrated painters of the 16th and 17th centuries. {To be master of one's self}, to have entire self-control; not to be governed by passion. {To be one's own master}, to be at liberty to act as one chooses without dictation from anybody. Note: Master, signifying chief, principal, masterly, superior, thoroughly skilled, etc., is often used adjiectively or in compounds; as, master builder or master-builder, master chord or master-chord, master mason or master-mason, master workman or master-workman, master mechanic, master mind, master spirit, master passion, etc. Throughout the city by the master gate. --Chaucer. {Master joint} (Geol.), a quarryman's term for the more prominent and extended joints traversing a rock mass. {Master key}, a key adapted to open several locks differing somewhat from each other; figuratively, a rule or principle of general application in solving difficulties. {Master lode} (Mining), the principal vein of ore. {Master mariner}, an experienced and skilled seaman who is certified to be competent to command a merchant vessel. {Master sinew} (Far.), a large sinew that surrounds the hough of a horse, and divides it from the bone by a hollow place, where the windgalls are usually seated. {Master singer}. See {Mastersinger}. {Master stroke}, a capital performance; a masterly achievement; a consummate action; as, a master stroke of policy. {Master tap} (Mech.), a tap for forming the thread in a screw cutting die. {Master touch}. (a) The touch or skill of a master. --Pope. (b) Some part of a performance which exhibits very skillful work or treatment. [bd]Some master touches of this admirable piece.[b8] --Tatler. {Master work}, the most important work accomplished by a skilled person, as in architecture, literature, etc.; also, a work which shows the skill of a master; a masterpiece. {Master workman}, a man specially skilled in any art, handicraft, or trade, or who is an overseer, foreman, or employer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Master \Mas"ter\, n. [OE. maistre, maister, OF. maistre, mestre, F. ma[8c]tre, fr. L. magister, orig. a double comparative from the root of magnus great, akin to Gr. [?]. Cf. {Maestro}, {Magister}, {Magistrate}, {Magnitude}, {Major}, {Mister}, {Mistress}, {Mickle}.] 1. A male person having another living being so far subject to his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its actions; -- formerly used with much more extensive application than now. (a) The employer of a servant. (b) The owner of a slave. (c) The person to whom an apprentice is articled. (d) A sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a chief, or one exercising similar authority. (e) The head of a household. (f) The male head of a school or college. (g) A male teacher. (h) The director of a number of persons performing a ceremony or sharing a feast. (i) The owner of a docile brute, -- especially a dog or horse. (j) The controller of a familiar spirit or other supernatural being. 2. One who uses, or controls at will, anything inanimate; as, to be master of one's time. --Shak. Master of a hundred thousand drachms. --Addison. We are masters of the sea. --Jowett (Thucyd. ). 3. One who has attained great skill in the use or application of anything; as, a master of oratorical art. Great masters of ridicule. --Maccaulay. No care is taken to improve young men in their own language, that they may thoroughly understand and be masters of it. --Locke. 4. A title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced m[cc]ster, except when given to boys; -- sometimes written {Mister}, but usually abbreviated to Mr. 5. A young gentleman; a lad, or small boy. Where there are little masters and misses in a house, they are impediments to the diversions of the servants. --Swift. 6. (Naut.) The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel. 7. A person holding an office of authority among the Freemasons, esp. the presiding officer; also, a person holding a similar office in other civic societies. {Little masters}, certain German engravers of the 16th century, so called from the extreme smallness of their prints. {Master in chancery}, an officer of courts of equity, who acts as an assistant to the chancellor or judge, by inquiring into various matters referred to him, and reporting thereon to the court. {Master of arts}, one who takes the second degree at a university; also, the degree or title itself, indicated by the abbreviation M. A., or A. M. {Master of the horse}, the third great officer in the British court, having the management of the royal stables, etc. In ceremonial cavalcades he rides next to the sovereign. {Master of the rolls}, in England, an officer who has charge of the rolls and patents that pass the great seal, and of the records of the chancery, and acts as assistant judge of the court. --Bouvier. --Wharton. {Past master}, one who has held the office of master in a lodge of Freemasons or in a society similarly organized. {The old masters}, distinguished painters who preceded modern painters; especially, the celebrated painters of the 16th and 17th centuries. {To be master of one's self}, to have entire self-control; not to be governed by passion. {To be one's own master}, to be at liberty to act as one chooses without dictation from anybody. Note: Master, signifying chief, principal, masterly, superior, thoroughly skilled, etc., is often used adjiectively or in compounds; as, master builder or master-builder, master chord or master-chord, master mason or master-mason, master workman or master-workman, master mechanic, master mind, master spirit, master passion, etc. Throughout the city by the master gate. --Chaucer. {Master joint} (Geol.), a quarryman's term for the more prominent and extended joints traversing a rock mass. {Master key}, a key adapted to open several locks differing somewhat from each other; figuratively, a rule or principle of general application in solving difficulties. {Master lode} (Mining), the principal vein of ore. {Master mariner}, an experienced and skilled seaman who is certified to be competent to command a merchant vessel. {Master sinew} (Far.), a large sinew that surrounds the hough of a horse, and divides it from the bone by a hollow place, where the windgalls are usually seated. {Master singer}. See {Mastersinger}. {Master stroke}, a capital performance; a masterly achievement; a consummate action; as, a master stroke of policy. {Master tap} (Mech.), a tap for forming the thread in a screw cutting die. {Master touch}. (a) The touch or skill of a master. --Pope. (b) Some part of a performance which exhibits very skillful work or treatment. [bd]Some master touches of this admirable piece.[b8] --Tatler. {Master work}, the most important work accomplished by a skilled person, as in architecture, literature, etc.; also, a work which shows the skill of a master; a masterpiece. {Master workman}, a man specially skilled in any art, handicraft, or trade, or who is an overseer, foreman, or employer. | |
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Master \Mas"ter\, n. [OE. maistre, maister, OF. maistre, mestre, F. ma[8c]tre, fr. L. magister, orig. a double comparative from the root of magnus great, akin to Gr. [?]. Cf. {Maestro}, {Magister}, {Magistrate}, {Magnitude}, {Major}, {Mister}, {Mistress}, {Mickle}.] 1. A male person having another living being so far subject to his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its actions; -- formerly used with much more extensive application than now. (a) The employer of a servant. (b) The owner of a slave. (c) The person to whom an apprentice is articled. (d) A sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a chief, or one exercising similar authority. (e) The head of a household. (f) The male head of a school or college. (g) A male teacher. (h) The director of a number of persons performing a ceremony or sharing a feast. (i) The owner of a docile brute, -- especially a dog or horse. (j) The controller of a familiar spirit or other supernatural being. 2. One who uses, or controls at will, anything inanimate; as, to be master of one's time. --Shak. Master of a hundred thousand drachms. --Addison. We are masters of the sea. --Jowett (Thucyd. ). 3. One who has attained great skill in the use or application of anything; as, a master of oratorical art. Great masters of ridicule. --Maccaulay. No care is taken to improve young men in their own language, that they may thoroughly understand and be masters of it. --Locke. 4. A title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced m[cc]ster, except when given to boys; -- sometimes written {Mister}, but usually abbreviated to Mr. 5. A young gentleman; a lad, or small boy. Where there are little masters and misses in a house, they are impediments to the diversions of the servants. --Swift. 6. (Naut.) The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel. 7. A person holding an office of authority among the Freemasons, esp. the presiding officer; also, a person holding a similar office in other civic societies. {Little masters}, certain German engravers of the 16th century, so called from the extreme smallness of their prints. {Master in chancery}, an officer of courts of equity, who acts as an assistant to the chancellor or judge, by inquiring into various matters referred to him, and reporting thereon to the court. {Master of arts}, one who takes the second degree at a university; also, the degree or title itself, indicated by the abbreviation M. A., or A. M. {Master of the horse}, the third great officer in the British court, having the management of the royal stables, etc. In ceremonial cavalcades he rides next to the sovereign. {Master of the rolls}, in England, an officer who has charge of the rolls and patents that pass the great seal, and of the records of the chancery, and acts as assistant judge of the court. --Bouvier. --Wharton. {Past master}, one who has held the office of master in a lodge of Freemasons or in a society similarly organized. {The old masters}, distinguished painters who preceded modern painters; especially, the celebrated painters of the 16th and 17th centuries. {To be master of one's self}, to have entire self-control; not to be governed by passion. {To be one's own master}, to be at liberty to act as one chooses without dictation from anybody. Note: Master, signifying chief, principal, masterly, superior, thoroughly skilled, etc., is often used adjiectively or in compounds; as, master builder or master-builder, master chord or master-chord, master mason or master-mason, master workman or master-workman, master mechanic, master mind, master spirit, master passion, etc. Throughout the city by the master gate. --Chaucer. {Master joint} (Geol.), a quarryman's term for the more prominent and extended joints traversing a rock mass. {Master key}, a key adapted to open several locks differing somewhat from each other; figuratively, a rule or principle of general application in solving difficulties. {Master lode} (Mining), the principal vein of ore. {Master mariner}, an experienced and skilled seaman who is certified to be competent to command a merchant vessel. {Master sinew} (Far.), a large sinew that surrounds the hough of a horse, and divides it from the bone by a hollow place, where the windgalls are usually seated. {Master singer}. See {Mastersinger}. {Master stroke}, a capital performance; a masterly achievement; a consummate action; as, a master stroke of policy. {Master tap} (Mech.), a tap for forming the thread in a screw cutting die. {Master touch}. (a) The touch or skill of a master. --Pope. (b) Some part of a performance which exhibits very skillful work or treatment. [bd]Some master touches of this admirable piece.[b8] --Tatler. {Master work}, the most important work accomplished by a skilled person, as in architecture, literature, etc.; also, a work which shows the skill of a master; a masterpiece. {Master workman}, a man specially skilled in any art, handicraft, or trade, or who is an overseer, foreman, or employer. | |
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Master vibrator \Mas"ter vi"bra*tor\ In an internal-combustion engine with two or more cylinders, an induction coil and vibrator placed in the circuit between the battery or magneto and the coils for the different cylinders, which are used without vibrators of their own. | |
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Master \Mas"ter\, n. [OE. maistre, maister, OF. maistre, mestre, F. ma[8c]tre, fr. L. magister, orig. a double comparative from the root of magnus great, akin to Gr. [?]. Cf. {Maestro}, {Magister}, {Magistrate}, {Magnitude}, {Major}, {Mister}, {Mistress}, {Mickle}.] 1. A male person having another living being so far subject to his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its actions; -- formerly used with much more extensive application than now. (a) The employer of a servant. (b) The owner of a slave. (c) The person to whom an apprentice is articled. (d) A sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a chief, or one exercising similar authority. (e) The head of a household. (f) The male head of a school or college. (g) A male teacher. (h) The director of a number of persons performing a ceremony or sharing a feast. (i) The owner of a docile brute, -- especially a dog or horse. (j) The controller of a familiar spirit or other supernatural being. 2. One who uses, or controls at will, anything inanimate; as, to be master of one's time. --Shak. Master of a hundred thousand drachms. --Addison. We are masters of the sea. --Jowett (Thucyd. ). 3. One who has attained great skill in the use or application of anything; as, a master of oratorical art. Great masters of ridicule. --Maccaulay. No care is taken to improve young men in their own language, that they may thoroughly understand and be masters of it. --Locke. 4. A title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced m[cc]ster, except when given to boys; -- sometimes written {Mister}, but usually abbreviated to Mr. 5. A young gentleman; a lad, or small boy. Where there are little masters and misses in a house, they are impediments to the diversions of the servants. --Swift. 6. (Naut.) The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel. 7. A person holding an office of authority among the Freemasons, esp. the presiding officer; also, a person holding a similar office in other civic societies. {Little masters}, certain German engravers of the 16th century, so called from the extreme smallness of their prints. {Master in chancery}, an officer of courts of equity, who acts as an assistant to the chancellor or judge, by inquiring into various matters referred to him, and reporting thereon to the court. {Master of arts}, one who takes the second degree at a university; also, the degree or title itself, indicated by the abbreviation M. A., or A. M. {Master of the horse}, the third great officer in the British court, having the management of the royal stables, etc. In ceremonial cavalcades he rides next to the sovereign. {Master of the rolls}, in England, an officer who has charge of the rolls and patents that pass the great seal, and of the records of the chancery, and acts as assistant judge of the court. --Bouvier. --Wharton. {Past master}, one who has held the office of master in a lodge of Freemasons or in a society similarly organized. {The old masters}, distinguished painters who preceded modern painters; especially, the celebrated painters of the 16th and 17th centuries. {To be master of one's self}, to have entire self-control; not to be governed by passion. {To be one's own master}, to be at liberty to act as one chooses without dictation from anybody. Note: Master, signifying chief, principal, masterly, superior, thoroughly skilled, etc., is often used adjiectively or in compounds; as, master builder or master-builder, master chord or master-chord, master mason or master-mason, master workman or master-workman, master mechanic, master mind, master spirit, master passion, etc. Throughout the city by the master gate. --Chaucer. {Master joint} (Geol.), a quarryman's term for the more prominent and extended joints traversing a rock mass. {Master key}, a key adapted to open several locks differing somewhat from each other; figuratively, a rule or principle of general application in solving difficulties. {Master lode} (Mining), the principal vein of ore. {Master mariner}, an experienced and skilled seaman who is certified to be competent to command a merchant vessel. {Master sinew} (Far.), a large sinew that surrounds the hough of a horse, and divides it from the bone by a hollow place, where the windgalls are usually seated. {Master singer}. See {Mastersinger}. {Master stroke}, a capital performance; a masterly achievement; a consummate action; as, a master stroke of policy. {Master tap} (Mech.), a tap for forming the thread in a screw cutting die. {Master touch}. (a) The touch or skill of a master. --Pope. (b) Some part of a performance which exhibits very skillful work or treatment. [bd]Some master touches of this admirable piece.[b8] --Tatler. {Master work}, the most important work accomplished by a skilled person, as in architecture, literature, etc.; also, a work which shows the skill of a master; a masterpiece. {Master workman}, a man specially skilled in any art, handicraft, or trade, or who is an overseer, foreman, or employer. | |
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Master \Mas"ter\, n. [OE. maistre, maister, OF. maistre, mestre, F. ma[8c]tre, fr. L. magister, orig. a double comparative from the root of magnus great, akin to Gr. [?]. Cf. {Maestro}, {Magister}, {Magistrate}, {Magnitude}, {Major}, {Mister}, {Mistress}, {Mickle}.] 1. A male person having another living being so far subject to his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its actions; -- formerly used with much more extensive application than now. (a) The employer of a servant. (b) The owner of a slave. (c) The person to whom an apprentice is articled. (d) A sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a chief, or one exercising similar authority. (e) The head of a household. (f) The male head of a school or college. (g) A male teacher. (h) The director of a number of persons performing a ceremony or sharing a feast. (i) The owner of a docile brute, -- especially a dog or horse. (j) The controller of a familiar spirit or other supernatural being. 2. One who uses, or controls at will, anything inanimate; as, to be master of one's time. --Shak. Master of a hundred thousand drachms. --Addison. We are masters of the sea. --Jowett (Thucyd. ). 3. One who has attained great skill in the use or application of anything; as, a master of oratorical art. Great masters of ridicule. --Maccaulay. No care is taken to improve young men in their own language, that they may thoroughly understand and be masters of it. --Locke. 4. A title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced m[cc]ster, except when given to boys; -- sometimes written {Mister}, but usually abbreviated to Mr. 5. A young gentleman; a lad, or small boy. Where there are little masters and misses in a house, they are impediments to the diversions of the servants. --Swift. 6. (Naut.) The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel. 7. A person holding an office of authority among the Freemasons, esp. the presiding officer; also, a person holding a similar office in other civic societies. {Little masters}, certain German engravers of the 16th century, so called from the extreme smallness of their prints. {Master in chancery}, an officer of courts of equity, who acts as an assistant to the chancellor or judge, by inquiring into various matters referred to him, and reporting thereon to the court. {Master of arts}, one who takes the second degree at a university; also, the degree or title itself, indicated by the abbreviation M. A., or A. M. {Master of the horse}, the third great officer in the British court, having the management of the royal stables, etc. In ceremonial cavalcades he rides next to the sovereign. {Master of the rolls}, in England, an officer who has charge of the rolls and patents that pass the great seal, and of the records of the chancery, and acts as assistant judge of the court. --Bouvier. --Wharton. {Past master}, one who has held the office of master in a lodge of Freemasons or in a society similarly organized. {The old masters}, distinguished painters who preceded modern painters; especially, the celebrated painters of the 16th and 17th centuries. {To be master of one's self}, to have entire self-control; not to be governed by passion. {To be one's own master}, to be at liberty to act as one chooses without dictation from anybody. Note: Master, signifying chief, principal, masterly, superior, thoroughly skilled, etc., is often used adjiectively or in compounds; as, master builder or master-builder, master chord or master-chord, master mason or master-mason, master workman or master-workman, master mechanic, master mind, master spirit, master passion, etc. Throughout the city by the master gate. --Chaucer. {Master joint} (Geol.), a quarryman's term for the more prominent and extended joints traversing a rock mass. {Master key}, a key adapted to open several locks differing somewhat from each other; figuratively, a rule or principle of general application in solving difficulties. {Master lode} (Mining), the principal vein of ore. {Master mariner}, an experienced and skilled seaman who is certified to be competent to command a merchant vessel. {Master sinew} (Far.), a large sinew that surrounds the hough of a horse, and divides it from the bone by a hollow place, where the windgalls are usually seated. {Master singer}. See {Mastersinger}. {Master stroke}, a capital performance; a masterly achievement; a consummate action; as, a master stroke of policy. {Master tap} (Mech.), a tap for forming the thread in a screw cutting die. {Master touch}. (a) The touch or skill of a master. --Pope. (b) Some part of a performance which exhibits very skillful work or treatment. [bd]Some master touches of this admirable piece.[b8] --Tatler. {Master work}, the most important work accomplished by a skilled person, as in architecture, literature, etc.; also, a work which shows the skill of a master; a masterpiece. {Master workman}, a man specially skilled in any art, handicraft, or trade, or who is an overseer, foreman, or employer. | |
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Masterdom \Mas"ter*dom\, n. [Master + -dom.] Dominion; rule; command. [R.] --Shak. | |
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Master \Mas"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mastered}; p. pr. vb. n. {Mastering}.] 1. To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue. Obstinacy and willful neglects must be mastered, even though it cost blows. --Locke. 2. To gain the command of, so as to understand or apply; to become an adept in; as, to master a science. 3. To own; to posses. [Obs.] The wealth That the world masters. --Shak. | |
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Masterful \Mas"ter*ful\, a. 1. Inclined to play the master; domineering; imperious; arbitrary. --Dryden. 2. Having the skill or power of a master; indicating or expressing power or mastery. His masterful, pale face. --Mrs. Browning. | |
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Masterfully \Mas"ter*ful*ly\, adv. In a masterful manner; imperiously. A lawless and rebellious man who held lands masterfully and in high contempt of the royal authority. --Macaulay. | |
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Masterhood \Mas"ter*hood\, n. The state of being a master; hence, disposition to command or hector. --C. Bront[82]. | |
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Mastery \Mas"ter*y\, n.; pl. {Masteries}. [OF. maistrie.] 1. The position or authority of a master; dominion; command; supremacy; superiority. If divided by mountains, they will fight for the mastery of the passages of the tops. --Sir W. Raleigh. 2. Superiority in war or competition; victory; triumph; pre[89]minence. The voice of them that shout for mastery. --Ex. xxxii. 18. Every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. --1 Cor. ix. 25. O, but to have gulled him Had been a mastery. --B. Jonson. 3. Contest for superiority. [Obs.] --Holland. 4. A masterly operation; a feat. [Obs.] I will do a maistrie ere I go. --Chaucer. 5. Specifically, the philosopher's stone. [Obs.] 6. The act process of mastering; the state of having mastered. He could attain to a mastery in all languages. --Tillotson. The learning and mastery of a tongue, being unpleasant in itself, should not be cumbered with other difficulties. --Locke. | |
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Master \Mas"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mastered}; p. pr. vb. n. {Mastering}.] 1. To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue. Obstinacy and willful neglects must be mastered, even though it cost blows. --Locke. 2. To gain the command of, so as to understand or apply; to become an adept in; as, to master a science. 3. To own; to posses. [Obs.] The wealth That the world masters. --Shak. | |
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Masterless \Mas"ter*less\, a. Destitute of a master or owner; ungoverned or ungovernable. -- {Mas"ter*less*ness}, n. | |
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Masterless \Mas"ter*less\, a. Destitute of a master or owner; ungoverned or ungovernable. -- {Mas"ter*less*ness}, n. | |
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Masterliness \Mas"ter*li*ness\, n. The quality or state of being masterly; ability to control wisely or skillfully. | |
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Masterly \Mas"ter*ly\, a. 1. Suitable to, or characteristic of, a master; indicating thorough knowledge or superior skill and power; showing a master's hand; as, a masterly design; a masterly performance; a masterly policy. [bd]A wise and masterly inactivity.[b8] --Sir J. Mackintosh. 2. Imperious; domineering; arbitrary. | |
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Masterly \Mas"ter*ly\, adv. With the skill of a master. Thou dost speak masterly. --Shak. | |
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Masterous \Mas"ter*ous\, a. Masterly. [Obs.] --Milton. | |
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Masterpiece \Mas"ter*piece`\, n. Anything done or made with extraordinary skill; a capital performance; a chef-d'[d2]uvre; a supreme achievement. The top and masterpiece of art. --South. Dissimulation was his masterpiece. --Claredon. | |
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Mastership \Mas"ter*ship\, n. 1. The state or office of a master. 2. Mastery; dominion; superior skill; superiority. Where noble youths for mastership should strive. --Driden. 3. Chief work; masterpiece. [Obs.] --Dryden. 4. An ironical title of respect. How now, seignior Launce ! what news with your mastership ? --Shak. | |
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Mastersinger \Mas"ter*sing`er\, n. [A translation of G. meisters[84]nger.] One of a class of poets which flourished in Nuremberg and some other cities of Germany in the 15th and 16th centuries. They bound themselves to observe certain arbitrary laws of rhythm. | |
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Masterwort \Mas"ter*wort`\, n. (Bot.) (a) A tall and coarse European umbelliferous plant ({Peucedanum Ostruthium}, formerly {Imperatoria}). (b) The {Astrantia major}, a European umbelliferous plant with a showy colored involucre. (c) Improperly, the cow parsnip ({Heracleum lanatum}). | |
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Mastery \Mas"ter*y\, n.; pl. {Masteries}. [OF. maistrie.] 1. The position or authority of a master; dominion; command; supremacy; superiority. If divided by mountains, they will fight for the mastery of the passages of the tops. --Sir W. Raleigh. 2. Superiority in war or competition; victory; triumph; pre[89]minence. The voice of them that shout for mastery. --Ex. xxxii. 18. Every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. --1 Cor. ix. 25. O, but to have gulled him Had been a mastery. --B. Jonson. 3. Contest for superiority. [Obs.] --Holland. 4. A masterly operation; a feat. [Obs.] I will do a maistrie ere I go. --Chaucer. 5. Specifically, the philosopher's stone. [Obs.] 6. The act process of mastering; the state of having mastered. He could attain to a mastery in all languages. --Tillotson. The learning and mastery of a tongue, being unpleasant in itself, should not be cumbered with other difficulties. --Locke. | |
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Mastress \Mas"tress\, n. Mistress. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Masturbation \Mas`tur*ba"tion\, n. [L. masturbatus, p. p. of masturbari to practice onanism: cf. F. masturbation.] Onanism; self-pollution. | |
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Mechitarist \Mech"i*tar*ist\, n. [From Mechitar, an Armenian., who founded the congregation in the early part of the eighteenth century.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a religious congregation of the Roman Catholic Church devoted to the improvement of Armenians. | |
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Megaderm \Meg"a*derm\, n. [Mega- + Gr. [?] skin.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of Old World blood-sucking bats of the genus {Megaderma}. | |
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Lyre \Lyre\, n. [OE. lire, OF. lyre, L. lyra, Gr. [?]. Cf. {Lyra}.] 1. (Mus.) A stringed instrument of music; a kind of harp much used by the ancients, as an accompaniment to poetry. Note: The lyre was the peculiar instrument of Apollo, the tutelary god of music and poetry. It gave name to the species of verse called lyric, to which it originally furnished an accompaniment 2. (Astron.) One of the constellations; Lyra. See {Lyra}. {Lyre bat} (Zo[94]l.), a small bat ({Megaderma lyra}), inhabiting India and Ceylon. It is remarkable for the enormous size and curious shape of the nose membrane and ears. {Lyre turtle} (Zo[94]l.), the leatherback. | |
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Megathere \Meg"a*there\, d8Megatherium \[d8]Meg`a*the"ri*um\, n. [NL. megatherium, fr. Gr. me`gas great + thyri`on beast.] (Paleon.) An extinct gigantic quaternary mammal, allied to the ant-eaters and sloths. Its remains are found in South America. | |
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Megatheroid \Meg`a*the"roid\, n. [Megatherium + -oid.] (Paleon.) One of a family of extinct edentates found in America. The family includes the megatherium, the megalonyx, etc. | |
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Mekhitarist \Mekh"i*tar*ist\, n. (Ecc. Hist.) See {Mechitarist}. | |
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Mesoderm \Mes"o*derm\, n. [Meso- + Gr. [?] skin.] (Biol.) (a) The layer of the blastoderm, between the ectoderm and endoderm; mesoblast. See Illust. of {Blastoderm} and {Ectoderm}. (b) The middle body layer in some invertebrates. (c) The middle layer of tissue in some vegetable structures. | |
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Mesodermal \Mes`o*der"mal\, a. (Biol.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the mesoderm; as, mesodermal tissues. | |
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Mesodermic \Mes`o*der"mic\, a. Same as {Mesodermal}. | |
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Mesotartaric \Mes`o*tar*tar"ic\, a. [Meso- + tartaric.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid called also {inactive tartaric acid}. | |
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Mesothoracic \Mes`o*tho*rac"ic\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the mesothorax. | |
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Mesothorax \Mes`o*tho"rax\, n. [Meso- + thorax: cf. F. m[82]sothorax.] (Zo[94]l.) The middle segment of the thorax in insects. See Illust. of {Coleoptera}. | |
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Mesotrochal \Mes"o*tro`chal\, a. [Meso- + Gr. [?] anything round, a hoop.] (Zo[94]l.) Having the middle of the body surrounded by bands of cilia; -- said of the larv[91] of certain marine annelids. | |
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Mester \Mes"ter\, n. [Obs.] See {Mister}, a trade. | |
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Mister \Mis"ter\, n. [OF. mistier trade, office, ministry, need, F. m[82]tier trade, fr. L. ministerium service, office, ministry. See {Ministry}, {Mystery} trade.] [Written also {mester}.] 1. A trade, art, or occupation. [Obs.] In youth he learned had a good mester. --Chaucer. 2. Manner; kind; sort. [Obs.] --Spenser. But telleth me what mester men ye be. --Chaucer. 3. Need; necessity. [Obs.] --Rom. of R. | |
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Mester \Mes"ter\, n. [Obs.] See {Mister}, a trade. | |
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Mister \Mis"ter\, n. [OF. mistier trade, office, ministry, need, F. m[82]tier trade, fr. L. ministerium service, office, ministry. See {Ministry}, {Mystery} trade.] [Written also {mester}.] 1. A trade, art, or occupation. [Obs.] In youth he learned had a good mester. --Chaucer. 2. Manner; kind; sort. [Obs.] --Spenser. But telleth me what mester men ye be. --Chaucer. 3. Need; necessity. [Obs.] --Rom. of R. | |
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Mica \Mi"ca\, n. [L. mica crumb, grain, particle; cf. F. mica.] (Min.) The name of a group of minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic. They differ widely in composition, and vary in color from pale brown or yellow to green or black. The transparent forms are used in lanterns, the doors of stoves, etc., being popularly called {isinglass}. Formerly called also {cat-silver}, and {glimmer}. Note: The important species of the mica group are: {muscovite}, common or potash mica, pale brown or green, often silvery, including {damourite} (also called {hydromica}); {biotite}, iron-magnesia mica, dark brown, green, or black; {lepidomelane}, iron, mica, black; {phlogopite}, magnesia mica, colorless, yellow, brown; {lepidolite}, lithia mica, rose-red, lilac. Mica (usually muscovite, also biotite) is an essential constituent of granite, gneiss, and mica slate; {biotite} is common in many eruptive rocks; {phlogopite} in crystalline limestone and serpentine. {Mica diorite} (Min.), an eruptive rock allied to diorite but containing mica (biotite) instead of hornblende. {Mica powder}, a kind of dynamite containing fine scales of mica. {Mica schist}, {Mica slate} (Geol.), a schistose rock, consisting of mica and quartz with, usually, some feldspar. | |
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Micturition \Mic`tu*ri"tion\, n. [L. micturire to desire to make water, v. desid. fr. mingere, mictum, to make water.] The act of voiding urine; also, a morbidly frequent passing of the urine, in consequence of disease. | |
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Mighty \Might"y\, a. [Compar. {Mightier}; superl. {Mightiest}.] [AS. meahtig, mihtig; akin to G. m[84]chtig, Goth. mahteigs. See {Might}, n.] 1. Possessing might; having great power or authority. Wise in heart, and mighty in strength. --Job ix. 4. 2. Accomplished by might; hence, extraordinary; wonderful. [bd]His mighty works.[b8] --Matt. xi. 20. 3. Denoting and extraordinary degree or quality in respect of size, character, importance, consequences, etc. [bd]A mighty famine.[b8] --Luke xv. 14. [bd]Giants of mighty bone.[b8] --Milton. Mighty was their fuss about little matters. --Hawthorne. | |
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Misderive \Mis`de*rive"\, v. t. 1. To turn or divert improperly; to misdirect. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. 2. To derive erroneously. | |
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Misdirect \Mis`di*rect"\, v. t. To give a wrong direction to; as, to misdirect a passenger, or a letter; to misdirect one's energies. --Shenstone. | |
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Misdirection \Mis`di*rec"tion\, n. 1. The act of directing wrongly, or the state of being so directed. 2. (Law) An error of a judge in charging the jury on a matter of law. --Mozley & W. | |
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Misdoer \Mis*do"er\, n. A wrongdoer. --Spenser. | |
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Misdread \Mis*dread"\, n. Dread of evil. [Obs.] | |
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Mister \Mis"ter\, n. [See {Master}, and cf. {Mistress}.] A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a man or youth. It is usually written in the abbreviated form Mr. To call your name, inquire your where, Or whet you think of Mister Some-one's book, Or Mister Other's marriage or decease. --Mrs. Browning. | |
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Mister \Mis"ter\, v. t. To address or mention by the title Mr.; as, he mistered me in a formal way. [Colloq.] | |
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Mister \Mis"ter\, n. [OF. mistier trade, office, ministry, need, F. m[82]tier trade, fr. L. ministerium service, office, ministry. See {Ministry}, {Mystery} trade.] [Written also {mester}.] 1. A trade, art, or occupation. [Obs.] In youth he learned had a good mester. --Chaucer. 2. Manner; kind; sort. [Obs.] --Spenser. But telleth me what mester men ye be. --Chaucer. 3. Need; necessity. [Obs.] --Rom. of R. | |
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Mister \Mis"ter\, v. i. To be needful or of use. [Obs.] As for my name, it mistereth not to tell. --Spenser. | |
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Master \Mas"ter\, n. [OE. maistre, maister, OF. maistre, mestre, F. ma[8c]tre, fr. L. magister, orig. a double comparative from the root of magnus great, akin to Gr. [?]. Cf. {Maestro}, {Magister}, {Magistrate}, {Magnitude}, {Major}, {Mister}, {Mistress}, {Mickle}.] 1. A male person having another living being so far subject to his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its actions; -- formerly used with much more extensive application than now. (a) The employer of a servant. (b) The owner of a slave. (c) The person to whom an apprentice is articled. (d) A sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a chief, or one exercising similar authority. (e) The head of a household. (f) The male head of a school or college. (g) A male teacher. (h) The director of a number of persons performing a ceremony or sharing a feast. (i) The owner of a docile brute, -- especially a dog or horse. (j) The controller of a familiar spirit or other supernatural being. 2. One who uses, or controls at will, anything inanimate; as, to be master of one's time. --Shak. Master of a hundred thousand drachms. --Addison. We are masters of the sea. --Jowett (Thucyd. ). 3. One who has attained great skill in the use or application of anything; as, a master of oratorical art. Great masters of ridicule. --Maccaulay. No care is taken to improve young men in their own language, that they may thoroughly understand and be masters of it. --Locke. 4. A title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced m[cc]ster, except when given to boys; -- sometimes written {Mister}, but usually abbreviated to Mr. 5. A young gentleman; a lad, or small boy. Where there are little masters and misses in a house, they are impediments to the diversions of the servants. --Swift. 6. (Naut.) The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel. 7. A person holding an office of authority among the Freemasons, esp. the presiding officer; also, a person holding a similar office in other civic societies. {Little masters}, certain German engravers of the 16th century, so called from the extreme smallness of their prints. {Master in chancery}, an officer of courts of equity, who acts as an assistant to the chancellor or judge, by inquiring into various matters referred to him, and reporting thereon to the court. {Master of arts}, one who takes the second degree at a university; also, the degree or title itself, indicated by the abbreviation M. A., or A. M. {Master of the horse}, the third great officer in the British court, having the management of the royal stables, etc. In ceremonial cavalcades he rides next to the sovereign. {Master of the rolls}, in England, an officer who has charge of the rolls and patents that pass the great seal, and of the records of the chancery, and acts as assistant judge of the court. --Bouvier. --Wharton. {Past master}, one who has held the office of master in a lodge of Freemasons or in a society similarly organized. {The old masters}, distinguished painters who preceded modern painters; especially, the celebrated painters of the 16th and 17th centuries. {To be master of one's self}, to have entire self-control; not to be governed by passion. {To be one's own master}, to be at liberty to act as one chooses without dictation from anybody. Note: Master, signifying chief, principal, masterly, superior, thoroughly skilled, etc., is often used adjiectively or in compounds; as, master builder or master-builder, master chord or master-chord, master mason or master-mason, master workman or master-workman, master mechanic, master mind, master spirit, master passion, etc. Throughout the city by the master gate. --Chaucer. {Master joint} (Geol.), a quarryman's term for the more prominent and extended joints traversing a rock mass. {Master key}, a key adapted to open several locks differing somewhat from each other; figuratively, a rule or principle of general application in solving difficulties. {Master lode} (Mining), the principal vein of ore. {Master mariner}, an experienced and skilled seaman who is certified to be competent to command a merchant vessel. {Master sinew} (Far.), a large sinew that surrounds the hough of a horse, and divides it from the bone by a hollow place, where the windgalls are usually seated. {Master singer}. See {Mastersinger}. {Master stroke}, a capital performance; a masterly achievement; a consummate action; as, a master stroke of policy. {Master tap} (Mech.), a tap for forming the thread in a screw cutting die. {Master touch}. (a) The touch or skill of a master. --Pope. (b) Some part of a performance which exhibits very skillful work or treatment. [bd]Some master touches of this admirable piece.[b8] --Tatler. {Master work}, the most important work accomplished by a skilled person, as in architecture, literature, etc.; also, a work which shows the skill of a master; a masterpiece. {Master workman}, a man specially skilled in any art, handicraft, or trade, or who is an overseer, foreman, or employer. | |
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Misterm \Mis*term"\, v. t. To call by a wrong name; to miscall. | |
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Mistery \Mis"ter*y\, n. See {Mystery}, a trade. | |
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Misthrive \Mis*thrive"\, v. i. To thrive poorly; to be not thrifty or prosperous. [Obs.] | |
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Misthrow \Mis*throw"\, v. t. To throw wrongly. | |
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Misty \Mist"y\, a. [Compar. {Mistier}; superl. {Mistiest}.] [AS. mistig. See {Mist}. In some senses misty has been confused with mystic.] 1. Accompained with mist; characterized by the presence of mist; obscured by, or overspread with, mist; as, misty weather; misty mountains; a misty atmosphere. 2. Obscured as if by mist; dim; obscure; clouded; as, misty sight. The more I muse therein [theology], The mistier it seemeth. --Piers Plowman. | |
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Mistradition \Mis`tra*di"tion\, n. A wrong tradition. [bd]Monsters of mistradition.[b8] --Tennyson. | |
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Mistrain \Mis*train"\, v. t. To train amiss. | |
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Mistral \Mis"tral\, n. [F., fr. Proven[87]al.] A violent and cold northwest wind experienced in the Mediterranean provinces of France, etc. | |
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Mistranslate \Mis`trans*late"\, v. t. To translate erroneously. | |
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Mistranslation \Mis`trans*la"tion\, n. Wrong translation. | |
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Mistransport \Mis`trans*port"\, v. t. To carry away or mislead wrongfully, as by passion. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. | |
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Mistreading \Mis*tread"ing\, n. Misstep; misbehavior. [bd]To punish my mistreadings.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Mistreat \Mis*treat"\, v. t. To treat amiss; to abuse. | |
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Mistreatment \Mis*treat"ment\, n. Wrong treatment. | |
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Mistress \Mis"tress\, n. [OE. maistress, OF. maistresse, F. ma[8c]tresse, LL. magistrissa, for L. magistra, fem. of magister. See {Master}, {Mister}, and cf. {Miss} a young woman.] 1. A woman having power, authority, or ownership; a woman who exercises authority, is chief, etc.; the female head of a family, a school, etc. The late queen's gentlewoman! a knight's daughter! To be her mistress' mistress! --Shak. 2. A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it. A letter desires all young wives to make themselves mistresses of Wingate's Arithmetic. --Addison. 3. A woman regarded with love and devotion; she who has command over one's heart; a beloved object; a sweetheart. [Poetic] --Clarendon. 4. A woman filling the place, but without the rights, of a wife; a concubine; a loose woman with whom one consorts habitually. --Spectator. 5. A title of courtesy formerly prefixed to the name of a woman, married or unmarried, but now superseded by the contracted forms, Mrs., for a married, and Miss, for an unmarried, woman. Now Mistress Gilpin (careful soul). --Cowper. 6. A married woman; a wife. [Scot.] Several of the neighboring mistresses had assembled to witness the event of this memorable evening. --Sir W. Scott. 7. The old name of the jack at bowls. --Beau. & Fl. {To be one's own mistress}, to be exempt from control by another person. | |
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Mistress \Mis"tress\, v. i. To wait upon a mistress; to be courting. [Obs.] --Donne. | |
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Robe \Robe\, n. [F., fr. LL. rauba a gown, dress, garment; originally, booty, plunder. See {Rob}, v. t., and cf. {Rubbish}.] 1. An outer garment; a dress of a rich, flowing, and elegant style or make; hence, a dress of state, rank, office, or the like. Through tattered clothes small vices do appear; Robes and furred gowns hide all. --Shak. 2. A skin of an animal, especially, a skin of the bison, dressed with the fur on, and used as a wrap. [U.S.] {Master of the robes}, an officer of the English royal household (when the sovereign is a king) whose duty is supposed to consist in caring for the royal robes. {Mistress of the robes}, a lady who enjoys the highest rank of the ladies in the service of the English sovereign (when a queen), and is supposed to have the care her robes. | |
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Mistressship \Mis"tress*ship\, n. 1. Female rule or dominion. 2. Ladyship, a style of address; -- with the personal pronoun. [Obs.] --Massinger. | |
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Mistrial \Mis*tri"al\, n. (Law) A false or erroneous trial; a trial which has no result. | |
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Mistrist \Mis*trist"\, v. t. To mistrust. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Mistrow \Mis*trow"\, v. i. To think wrongly. [Obs.] | |
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Mistrust \Mis*trust"\, n. Want of confidence or trust; suspicion; distrust. --Milton. | |
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Mistrust \Mis*trust"\, v. t. 1. To regard with jealousy or suspicion; to suspect; to doubt the integrity of; to distrust. I will never mistrust my wife again. --Shak. 2. To forebode as near, or likely to occur; to surmise. By a divine instinct, men's minds mistrust Ensuing dangers. --Shak. | |
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Mistruster \Mis*trust"er\, n. One who mistrusts. | |
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Mistrustful \Mis*trust"ful\, a. Having or causing mistrust, suspicions, or forebodings. Their light blown out in some mistrustful wood. --Shak. -- {Mis*trust"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Mis*trust"ful*ness}, n. | |
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Mistrustful \Mis*trust"ful\, a. Having or causing mistrust, suspicions, or forebodings. Their light blown out in some mistrustful wood. --Shak. -- {Mis*trust"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Mis*trust"ful*ness}, n. | |
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Mistrustful \Mis*trust"ful\, a. Having or causing mistrust, suspicions, or forebodings. Their light blown out in some mistrustful wood. --Shak. -- {Mis*trust"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Mis*trust"ful*ness}, n. | |
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Mistrustingly \Mis*trust"ing*ly\, adv. With distrust or suspicion. | |
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Mistrustless \Mis*trust"less\, a. Having no mistrust or suspicion. The swain mistrustless of his smutted face. --Goldsmith. | |
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Misturn \Mis*turn"\, v. t. To turn amiss; to pervert. | |
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Mixed \Mixed\, a. Formed by mixing; united; mingled; blended. See {Mix}, v. t. & i. {Mixed action} (Law), a suit combining the properties of a real and a personal action. {Mixed angle}, a mixtilineal angle. {Mixed fabric}, a textile fabric composed of two or more kinds of fiber, as a poplin. {Mixed marriage}, a marriage between persons of different races or religions; specifically, one between a Roman Catholic and a Protestant. {Mixed number}, a whole number and a fraction taken together. {Mixed train}, a railway train containing both passenger and freight cars. {Mixed voices} (Mus.), voices of both males and females united in the same performance. | |
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Mixture \Mix"ture\, n. [L. mixtura, fr. miscere, mixtum, to mix: cf. F. mixture. See {Mix}.] 1. The act of mixing, or the state of being mixed; as, made by a mixture of ingredients. --Hooker. 2. That which results from mixing different ingredients together; a compound; as, to drink a mixture of molasses and water; -- also, a medley. There is also a mixture of good and evil wisely distributed by God, to serve the ends of his providence. --Atterbury. 3. An ingredient entering into a mixed mass; an additional ingredient. Cicero doubts whether it were possible for a community to exist that had not a prevailing mixture of piety in its constitution. --Addison. 4. (Med.) A kind of liquid medicine made up of many ingredients; esp., as opposed to {solution}, a liquid preparation in which the solid ingredients are not completely dissolved. 5. (Physics & Chem.) A mass of two or more ingredients, the particles of which are separable, independent, and uncompounded with each other, no matter how thoroughly and finely commingled; -- contrasted with a compound; thus, gunpowder is a mechanical mixture of carbon, sulphur, and niter. 6. (Mus.) An organ stop, comprising from two to five ranges of pipes, used only in combination with the foundation and compound stops; -- called also {furniture stop}. It consists of high harmonics, or overtones, of the ground tone. Syn: Union; admixture; intermixture; medley. | |
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Mock \Mock\, a. Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed; sham. That superior greatness and mock majesty. --Spectator. {Mock bishop's weed} (Bot.), a genus of slender umbelliferous herbs ({Discopleura}) growing in wet places. {Mock heroic}, burlesquing the heroic; as, a mock heroic poem. {Mock lead}. See {Blende} ( a ). {Mock nightingale} (Zo[94]l.), the European blackcap. {Mock orange} (Bot.), a genus of American and Asiatic shrubs ({Philadelphus}), with showy white flowers in panicled cymes. {P. coronarius}, from Asia, has fragrant flowers; the American kinds are nearly scentless. {Mock sun}. See {Parhelion}. {Mock turtle soup}, a soup made of calf's head, veal, or other meat, and condiments, in imitation of green turtle soup. {Mock velvet}, a fabric made in imitation of velvet. See {Mockado}. | |
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Mockadour \Mock"a*dour\, n. See {Mokadour}. [Obs.] | |
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Muckender \Muck"en*der\, n. [Sp. mocador. Cf. {Mokadour}.] A handkerchief. [Obs.] [Written also {muckinder}, {muckiter}, {mockadour}.] | |
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Mockadour \Mock"a*dour\, n. See {Mokadour}. [Obs.] | |
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Muckender \Muck"en*der\, n. [Sp. mocador. Cf. {Mokadour}.] A handkerchief. [Obs.] [Written also {muckinder}, {muckiter}, {mockadour}.] | |
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Wart \Wart\, n. [OE. werte, AS. wearte; akin to D. wrat, G. warze, OHG. warza, Icel. varta, Sw. v[86]rta, Dan. vorte; perh. orig., a growth, and akin to E. wort; or cf. L. verruca wart.] 1. (Med.) A small, usually hard, tumor on the skin formed by enlargement of its vascular papill[91], and thickening of the epidermis which covers them. 2. An excrescence or protuberance more or less resembling a true wart; specifically (Bot.), a glandular excrescence or hardened protuberance on plants. {Fig wart}, {Moist wart} (Med.), a soft, bright red, pointed or tufted tumor found about the genitals, often massed into groups of large size. It is a variety of condyloma. Called also {pointed wart}, {venereal wart}. --L. A. Duhring. {Wart cress} (Bot.), the swine's cress. See under {Swine}. {Wart snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of East Indian colubrine snakes of the genus {Acrochordus}, having the body covered with wartlike tubercles or spinose scales, and lacking cephalic plates and ventral scutes. {Wart spurge} (Bot.), a kind of wartwort ({Euphorbia Helioscopia}). | |
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Moisture \Mois"ture\, n. [Cf. OF. moistour, F. moiteur.] 1. A moderate degree of wetness. --Bacon. 2. That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid; liquid in small quantity. All my body's moisture Scarce serves to quench my furnace-burning heat. --Shak. | |
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Moistureless \Mois"ture*less\, a. Without moisture. | |
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Mokadour \Mok"a*dour\, n. [Sp. mocador handkerchief.] A handkerchief. [Obs.] | |
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Moose \Moose\, n. [A native name; Knisteneaux mouswah; Algonquin monse. Mackenzie.] (Zo[94]l.) A large cervine mammal ({Alces machlis}, or {A. Americanus}), native of the Northern United States and Canada. The adult male is about as large as a horse, and has very large, palmate antlers. It closely resembles the European elk, and by many zo[94]logists is considered the same species. See {Elk}. {Moose bird} (Zo[94]l.), the Canada jayor whisky jack. See {Whisky jack}. {Moose deer}. Same as {Moose}. {Moose yard} (Zo[94]l.), a locality where moose, in winter, herd together in a forest to feed and for mutual protection. | |
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Mosstrooper \Moss"troop`er\, n. [Moss + trooper.] One of a class of marauders or bandits that formerly infested the border country between England and Scotland; -- so called in allusion to the mossy or boggy character of much of the border country. | |
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Father \Fa"ther\, n. [OE. fader, AS. f[91]der; akin to OS. fadar, D. vader, OHG. fatar, G. vater, Icel. Fa[?]ir Sw. & Dan. fader, OIr. athir, L. pater, Gr. [?][?][?][?][?], Skr. pitr, perh. fr. Skr. p[be] protect. [?][?][?],[?][?][?]. Cf. {Papa}, {Paternal}, {Patriot}, {Potential}, {Pablum}.] 1. One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent. A wise son maketh a glad father. --Prov. x. 1. 2. A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor; a founder of a race or family; -- in the plural, fathers, ancestors. David slept with his fathers. --1 Kings ii. 10. Abraham, who is the father of us all. --Rom. iv. 16. 3. One who performs the offices of a parent by maintenance, affetionate care, counsel, or protection. I was a father to the poor. --Job xxix. 16. He hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house. --Gen. xiv. 8. 4. A respectful mode of address to an old man. And Joash the king og Israel came down unto him [Elisha], . . . and said, O my father, my father! --2 Kings xiii. 14. 5. A senator of ancient Rome. 6. A dignitary of the church, a superior of a convent, a confessor (called also {father confessor}), or a priest; also, the eldest member of a profession, or of a legislative assembly, etc. Bless you, good father friar ! --Shak. 7. One of the chief esslesiastical authorities of the first centuries after Christ; -- often spoken of collectively as the Fathers; as, the Latin, Greek, or apostolic Fathers. 8. One who, or that which, gives origin; an originator; a producer, author, or contriver; the first to practice any art, profession, or occupation; a distinguished example or teacher. The father of all such as handle the harp and organ. --Gen. iv. 21. Might be the father, Harry, to that thought. --Shak. The father of good news. --Shak. 9. The Supreme Being and Creator; God; in theology, the first person in the Trinity. Our Father, which art in heaven. --Matt. vi. 9. Now had the almighty Father from above . . . Bent down his eye. --Milton. {Adoptive father}, one who adopts the child of another, treating it as his own. {Apostolic father}, {Conscript fathers, etc.} See under {Apostolic}, {Conscript}, etc. {Father in God}, a title given to bishops. {Father of lies}, the Devil. {Father of the bar}, the oldest practitioner at the bar. {Fathers of the city}, the aldermen. {Father of the Faithful}. (a) Abraham. --Rom. iv. --Gal. iii. 6-9. (b) Mohammed, or one of the sultans, his successors. {Father of the house}, the member of a legislative body who has had the longest continuous service. {Most Reverend Father in God}, a title given to archbishops and metropolitans, as to the archbishops of Canterbury and York. {Natural father}, the father of an illegitimate child. {Putative father}, one who is presumed to be the father of an illegitimate child; the supposed father. {Spiritual father}. (a) A religious teacher or guide, esp. one instrumental in leading a soul to God. (b) (R. C. Ch.) A priest who hears confession in the sacrament of penance. {The Holy Father} (R. C. Ch.), the pope. | |
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Muzarab \Muz"a*rab\, n. [Sp. mozarabe, fr. Ar. mosta'rib, a name applied to strange tribes living among the Arabs.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a denomination of Christians formerly living under the government of the Moors in Spain, and having a liturgy and ritual of their own. [Written also {Mozarab}, {Mostarab}.] --Brande & C. | |
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2. (Naut.) (a) A knob made on a rope with spun yarn or parceling to prevent a running eye from slipping. (b) Same as 2d {Mousing}, 2. 3. A familiar term of endearment. --Shak. 4. A dark-colored swelling caused by a blow. [Slang] 5. A match used in firing guns or blasting. {Field mouse}, {Flying mouse}, etc. See under {Field}, {Flying}, etc. {Mouse bird} (Zo[94]l.), a coly. {Mouse deer} (Zo[94]l.), a chevrotain, as the kanchil. {Mouse galago} (Zo[94]l.), a very small West American galago ({Galago murinus}). In color and size it resembles a mouse. It has a bushy tail like that of a squirrel. {Mouse hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A hawk that devours mice. (b) The hawk owl; -- called also {mouse owl}. {Mouse lemur} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of very small lemurs of the genus {Chirogaleus}, found in Madagascar. {Mouse piece} (Cookery), the piece of beef cut from the part next below the round or from the lower part of the latter; -- called also {mouse buttock}. | |
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Mousquetaire cuff \Mousquetaire cuff\ A deep flaring cuff. | |
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Mousquetaire glove \Mousquetaire glove\ A woman's glove with a long, loosely fitting wrist. | |
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Muckender \Muck"en*der\, n. [Sp. mocador. Cf. {Mokadour}.] A handkerchief. [Obs.] [Written also {muckinder}, {muckiter}, {mockadour}.] | |
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Musk \Musk\, n. [F. musc, L. muscus, Per. musk, fr. Skr. mushka testicle, orig., a little mouse. See {Mouse}, and cd. {Abelmosk}, {Muscadel}, {Muscovy duck}, {Nutmeg}.] 1. A substance of a reddish brown color, and when fresh of the consistence of honey, obtained from a bag being behind the navel of the male musk deer. It has a slightly bitter taste, but is specially remarkable for its powerful and enduring odor. It is used in medicine as a stimulant antispasmodic. The term is also applied to secretions of various other animals, having a similar odor. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The musk deer. See {Musk deer} (below). 3. The perfume emitted by musk, or any perfume somewhat similar. 4. (Bot.) (a) The musk plant ({Mimulus moschatus}). (b) A plant of the genus {Erodium} ({E. moschatum}); -- called also {musky heron's-bill}. (c) A plant of the genus {Muscari}; grape hyacinth. {Musk beaver} (Zo[94]l.), muskrat (1). {Musk beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a European longicorn beetle ({Aromia moschata}), having an agreeable odor resembling that of attar of roses. {Musk cat}. See {Bondar}. {Musk cattle} (Zo[94]l.), musk oxen. See {Musk ox} (below). {Musk deer} (Zo[94]l.), a small hornless deer ({Moschus moschiferus}), which inhabits the elevated parts of Central Asia. The upper canine teeth of the male are developed into sharp tusks, curved downward. The male has scent bags on the belly, from which the musk of commerce is derived. The deer is yellow or red-brown above, whitish below. The pygmy musk deer are chevrotains, as the kanchil and napu. {Musk duck}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The Muscovy duck. (b) An Australian duck ({Biziura lobata}). {Musk lorikeet} (Zo[94]l.), the Pacific lorikeet ({Glossopsitta australis}) of Australia. {Musk mallow} (Bot.), a name of two malvaceous plants: (a) A species of mallow ({Malva moschata}), the foliage of which has a faint musky smell. (b) An Asiatic shrub. See {Abelmosk}. {Musk orchis} (Bot.), a European plant of the Orchis family ({Herminium Minorchis}); -- so called from its peculiar scent. {Musk ox} (Zo[94]l.), an Arctic hollow-horned ruminant ({Ovibos moschatus}), now existing only in America, but found fossil in Europe and Asia. It is covered with a thick coat of fine yellowish wool, and with long dark hair, which is abundant and shaggy on the neck and shoulders. The full-grown male weighs over four hundred pounds. {Musk parakeet}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Musk lorikeet} (above). {Musk pear} (Bot.), a fragrant kind of pear much resembling the Seckel pear. {Musk plant} (Bot.), the {Mimulus moschatus}, a plant found in Western North America, often cultivated, and having a strong musky odor. {Musk root} (Bot.), the name of several roots with a strong odor, as that of the nard ({Nardostachys Jatamansi}) and of a species of {Angelica}. {Musk rose} (Bot.), a species of rose ({Rosa moschata}), having peculiarly fragrant white blossoms. {Musk seed} (Bot.), the seed of a plant of the Mallow family ({Hibiscus moschatus}), used in perfumery and in flavoring. See {Abelmosk}. {Musk sheep} (Zo[94]l.), the musk ox. {Musk shrew} (Zo[94]l.), a shrew ({Sorex murinus}), found in India. It has a powerful odor of musk. Called also {sondeli}, and {mondjourou}. {Musk thistle} (Bot.), a species of thistle ({Carduus nutans}), having fine large flowers, and leaves smelling strongly of musk. {Musk tortoise}, {Musk turtle} (Zo[94]l.), a small American fresh-water tortoise ({Armochelys, [or] Ozotheca, odorata}), which has a distinct odor of musk; -- called also {stinkpot}. | |
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Musk \Musk\, n. [F. musc, L. muscus, Per. musk, fr. Skr. mushka testicle, orig., a little mouse. See {Mouse}, and cd. {Abelmosk}, {Muscadel}, {Muscovy duck}, {Nutmeg}.] 1. A substance of a reddish brown color, and when fresh of the consistence of honey, obtained from a bag being behind the navel of the male musk deer. It has a slightly bitter taste, but is specially remarkable for its powerful and enduring odor. It is used in medicine as a stimulant antispasmodic. The term is also applied to secretions of various other animals, having a similar odor. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The musk deer. See {Musk deer} (below). 3. The perfume emitted by musk, or any perfume somewhat similar. 4. (Bot.) (a) The musk plant ({Mimulus moschatus}). (b) A plant of the genus {Erodium} ({E. moschatum}); -- called also {musky heron's-bill}. (c) A plant of the genus {Muscari}; grape hyacinth. {Musk beaver} (Zo[94]l.), muskrat (1). {Musk beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a European longicorn beetle ({Aromia moschata}), having an agreeable odor resembling that of attar of roses. {Musk cat}. See {Bondar}. {Musk cattle} (Zo[94]l.), musk oxen. See {Musk ox} (below). {Musk deer} (Zo[94]l.), a small hornless deer ({Moschus moschiferus}), which inhabits the elevated parts of Central Asia. The upper canine teeth of the male are developed into sharp tusks, curved downward. The male has scent bags on the belly, from which the musk of commerce is derived. The deer is yellow or red-brown above, whitish below. The pygmy musk deer are chevrotains, as the kanchil and napu. {Musk duck}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The Muscovy duck. (b) An Australian duck ({Biziura lobata}). {Musk lorikeet} (Zo[94]l.), the Pacific lorikeet ({Glossopsitta australis}) of Australia. {Musk mallow} (Bot.), a name of two malvaceous plants: (a) A species of mallow ({Malva moschata}), the foliage of which has a faint musky smell. (b) An Asiatic shrub. See {Abelmosk}. {Musk orchis} (Bot.), a European plant of the Orchis family ({Herminium Minorchis}); -- so called from its peculiar scent. {Musk ox} (Zo[94]l.), an Arctic hollow-horned ruminant ({Ovibos moschatus}), now existing only in America, but found fossil in Europe and Asia. It is covered with a thick coat of fine yellowish wool, and with long dark hair, which is abundant and shaggy on the neck and shoulders. The full-grown male weighs over four hundred pounds. {Musk parakeet}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Musk lorikeet} (above). {Musk pear} (Bot.), a fragrant kind of pear much resembling the Seckel pear. {Musk plant} (Bot.), the {Mimulus moschatus}, a plant found in Western North America, often cultivated, and having a strong musky odor. {Musk root} (Bot.), the name of several roots with a strong odor, as that of the nard ({Nardostachys Jatamansi}) and of a species of {Angelica}. {Musk rose} (Bot.), a species of rose ({Rosa moschata}), having peculiarly fragrant white blossoms. {Musk seed} (Bot.), the seed of a plant of the Mallow family ({Hibiscus moschatus}), used in perfumery and in flavoring. See {Abelmosk}. {Musk sheep} (Zo[94]l.), the musk ox. {Musk shrew} (Zo[94]l.), a shrew ({Sorex murinus}), found in India. It has a powerful odor of musk. Called also {sondeli}, and {mondjourou}. {Musk thistle} (Bot.), a species of thistle ({Carduus nutans}), having fine large flowers, and leaves smelling strongly of musk. {Musk tortoise}, {Musk turtle} (Zo[94]l.), a small American fresh-water tortoise ({Armochelys, [or] Ozotheca, odorata}), which has a distinct odor of musk; -- called also {stinkpot}. | |
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Musk \Musk\, n. [F. musc, L. muscus, Per. musk, fr. Skr. mushka testicle, orig., a little mouse. See {Mouse}, and cd. {Abelmosk}, {Muscadel}, {Muscovy duck}, {Nutmeg}.] 1. A substance of a reddish brown color, and when fresh of the consistence of honey, obtained from a bag being behind the navel of the male musk deer. It has a slightly bitter taste, but is specially remarkable for its powerful and enduring odor. It is used in medicine as a stimulant antispasmodic. The term is also applied to secretions of various other animals, having a similar odor. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The musk deer. See {Musk deer} (below). 3. The perfume emitted by musk, or any perfume somewhat similar. 4. (Bot.) (a) The musk plant ({Mimulus moschatus}). (b) A plant of the genus {Erodium} ({E. moschatum}); -- called also {musky heron's-bill}. (c) A plant of the genus {Muscari}; grape hyacinth. {Musk beaver} (Zo[94]l.), muskrat (1). {Musk beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a European longicorn beetle ({Aromia moschata}), having an agreeable odor resembling that of attar of roses. {Musk cat}. See {Bondar}. {Musk cattle} (Zo[94]l.), musk oxen. See {Musk ox} (below). {Musk deer} (Zo[94]l.), a small hornless deer ({Moschus moschiferus}), which inhabits the elevated parts of Central Asia. The upper canine teeth of the male are developed into sharp tusks, curved downward. The male has scent bags on the belly, from which the musk of commerce is derived. The deer is yellow or red-brown above, whitish below. The pygmy musk deer are chevrotains, as the kanchil and napu. {Musk duck}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The Muscovy duck. (b) An Australian duck ({Biziura lobata}). {Musk lorikeet} (Zo[94]l.), the Pacific lorikeet ({Glossopsitta australis}) of Australia. {Musk mallow} (Bot.), a name of two malvaceous plants: (a) A species of mallow ({Malva moschata}), the foliage of which has a faint musky smell. (b) An Asiatic shrub. See {Abelmosk}. {Musk orchis} (Bot.), a European plant of the Orchis family ({Herminium Minorchis}); -- so called from its peculiar scent. {Musk ox} (Zo[94]l.), an Arctic hollow-horned ruminant ({Ovibos moschatus}), now existing only in America, but found fossil in Europe and Asia. It is covered with a thick coat of fine yellowish wool, and with long dark hair, which is abundant and shaggy on the neck and shoulders. The full-grown male weighs over four hundred pounds. {Musk parakeet}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Musk lorikeet} (above). {Musk pear} (Bot.), a fragrant kind of pear much resembling the Seckel pear. {Musk plant} (Bot.), the {Mimulus moschatus}, a plant found in Western North America, often cultivated, and having a strong musky odor. {Musk root} (Bot.), the name of several roots with a strong odor, as that of the nard ({Nardostachys Jatamansi}) and of a species of {Angelica}. {Musk rose} (Bot.), a species of rose ({Rosa moschata}), having peculiarly fragrant white blossoms. {Musk seed} (Bot.), the seed of a plant of the Mallow family ({Hibiscus moschatus}), used in perfumery and in flavoring. See {Abelmosk}. {Musk sheep} (Zo[94]l.), the musk ox. {Musk shrew} (Zo[94]l.), a shrew ({Sorex murinus}), found in India. It has a powerful odor of musk. Called also {sondeli}, and {mondjourou}. {Musk thistle} (Bot.), a species of thistle ({Carduus nutans}), having fine large flowers, and leaves smelling strongly of musk. {Musk tortoise}, {Musk turtle} (Zo[94]l.), a small American fresh-water tortoise ({Armochelys, [or] Ozotheca, odorata}), which has a distinct odor of musk; -- called also {stinkpot}. | |
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Musketeer \Mus`ket*eer"\, n. [F. mousquetaire; cf. It. moschettiere.] A soldier armed with a musket. | |
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Musketry \Mus"ket*ry\, n. [F. mousqueterie; cf. It. moschetteria.] 1. Muskets, collectively. 2. The fire of muskets. --Motley. | |
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Mustard \Mus"tard\, n. [OF. moustarde, F. moutarde, fr. L. mustum must, -- mustard was prepared for use by being mixed with must. See {Must}, n.] 1. (Bot.) The name of several cruciferous plants of the genus {Brassica} (formerly {Sinapis}), as white mustard ({B. alba}), black mustard ({B. Nigra}), wild mustard or charlock ({B. Sinapistrum}). Note: There are also many herbs of the same family which are called mustard, and have more or less of the flavor of the true mustard; as, bowyer's mustard ({Lepidium ruderale}); hedge mustard ({Sisymbrium officinale}); Mithridate mustard ({Thlaspi arvense}); tower mustard ({Arabis perfoliata}); treacle mustard ({Erysimum cheiranthoides}). 2. A powder or a paste made from the seeds of black or white mustard, used as a condiment and a rubefacient. Taken internally it is stimulant and diuretic, and in large doses is emetic. {Mustard oil} (Chem.), a substance obtained from mustard, as a transparent, volatile and intensely pungent oil. The name is also extended to a number of analogous compounds produced either naturally or artificially. | |
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Mustang \Mus"tang\, n. [Sp. muste[a4]o belonging to the graziers, strayed, wild.] (Zo[94]l.) The half-wild horse of the plains in Mexico, California, etc. It is small, hardy, and easily sustained. {Mustard grape} (Bot.), a species of grape ({Vitis candicans}), native in Arkansas and Texas. The berries are small, light-colored, with an acid skin and a sweet pulp. | |
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Mustard \Mus"tard\, n. [OF. moustarde, F. moutarde, fr. L. mustum must, -- mustard was prepared for use by being mixed with must. See {Must}, n.] 1. (Bot.) The name of several cruciferous plants of the genus {Brassica} (formerly {Sinapis}), as white mustard ({B. alba}), black mustard ({B. Nigra}), wild mustard or charlock ({B. Sinapistrum}). Note: There are also many herbs of the same family which are called mustard, and have more or less of the flavor of the true mustard; as, bowyer's mustard ({Lepidium ruderale}); hedge mustard ({Sisymbrium officinale}); Mithridate mustard ({Thlaspi arvense}); tower mustard ({Arabis perfoliata}); treacle mustard ({Erysimum cheiranthoides}). 2. A powder or a paste made from the seeds of black or white mustard, used as a condiment and a rubefacient. Taken internally it is stimulant and diuretic, and in large doses is emetic. {Mustard oil} (Chem.), a substance obtained from mustard, as a transparent, volatile and intensely pungent oil. The name is also extended to a number of analogous compounds produced either naturally or artificially. | |
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Muster \Mus"ter\, n. [OE. moustre, OF. mostre, moustre, F. montre, LL. monstra. See {Muster}, v. t.] 1. Something shown for imitation; a pattern. [Obs.] 2. A show; a display. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. 3. An assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or introduction into service. The hurried muster of the soldiers of liberty. --Hawthorne. See how in warlike muster they appear, In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings. --Milton. 4. The sum total of an army when assembled for review and inspection; the whole number of effective men in an army. And the muster was thirty thousands of men. --Wyclif. Ye publish the musters of your own bands, and proclaim them to amount of thousands. --Hooker. 5. Any assemblage or display; a gathering. Of the temporal grandees of the realm, mentof their wives and daughters, the muster was great and splendid. --Macaulay. {Muster book}, a book in which military forces are registred. {Muster file}, a muster roll. {Muster master} (Mil.), one who takes an account of troops, and of their equipment; a mustering officer; an inspector. [Eng.] {Muster roll} (Mil.), a list or register of all the men in a company, troop, or regiment, present or accounted for on the day of muster. {To pass muster}, to pass through a muster or inspection without censure. Such excuses will not pass muster with God. --South. | |
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Muster \Mus"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mustered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mustering}.] [OE. mustren, prop., to show, OF. mostrer, mustrer, moustrer, monstrer, F. montrer, fr. L. monstrare to show. See {Monster}.] 1. To collect and display; to assemble, as troops for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like. --Spenser. 2. Hence: To summon together; to enroll in service; to get together. [bd]Mustering all its force.[b8] --Cowper. All the gay feathers he could muster. --L'Estrange. {To muster troops into service} (Mil.), to inspect and enter troops on the muster roll of the army. {To muster troops out of service} (Mil.), to register them for final payment and discharge. {To muster up}, to gather up; to succeed in obtaining; to obtain with some effort or difficulty. One of those who can muster up sufficient sprightliness to engage in a game of forfeits. --Hazlitt. | |
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Muster \Mus"ter\, v. i. To be gathered together for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like; to come together as parts of a force or body; as, his supporters mustered in force. [bd]The mustering squadron.[b8] --Byron. | |
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Muster \Mus"ter\, n. [OE. moustre, OF. mostre, moustre, F. montre, LL. monstra. See {Muster}, v. t.] 1. Something shown for imitation; a pattern. [Obs.] 2. A show; a display. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. 3. An assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or introduction into service. The hurried muster of the soldiers of liberty. --Hawthorne. See how in warlike muster they appear, In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings. --Milton. 4. The sum total of an army when assembled for review and inspection; the whole number of effective men in an army. And the muster was thirty thousands of men. --Wyclif. Ye publish the musters of your own bands, and proclaim them to amount of thousands. --Hooker. 5. Any assemblage or display; a gathering. Of the temporal grandees of the realm, mentof their wives and daughters, the muster was great and splendid. --Macaulay. {Muster book}, a book in which military forces are registred. {Muster file}, a muster roll. {Muster master} (Mil.), one who takes an account of troops, and of their equipment; a mustering officer; an inspector. [Eng.] {Muster roll} (Mil.), a list or register of all the men in a company, troop, or regiment, present or accounted for on the day of muster. {To pass muster}, to pass through a muster or inspection without censure. Such excuses will not pass muster with God. --South. | |
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Muster \Mus"ter\, n. [OE. moustre, OF. mostre, moustre, F. montre, LL. monstra. See {Muster}, v. t.] 1. Something shown for imitation; a pattern. [Obs.] 2. A show; a display. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. 3. An assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or introduction into service. The hurried muster of the soldiers of liberty. --Hawthorne. See how in warlike muster they appear, In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings. --Milton. 4. The sum total of an army when assembled for review and inspection; the whole number of effective men in an army. And the muster was thirty thousands of men. --Wyclif. Ye publish the musters of your own bands, and proclaim them to amount of thousands. --Hooker. 5. Any assemblage or display; a gathering. Of the temporal grandees of the realm, mentof their wives and daughters, the muster was great and splendid. --Macaulay. {Muster book}, a book in which military forces are registred. {Muster file}, a muster roll. {Muster master} (Mil.), one who takes an account of troops, and of their equipment; a mustering officer; an inspector. [Eng.] {Muster roll} (Mil.), a list or register of all the men in a company, troop, or regiment, present or accounted for on the day of muster. {To pass muster}, to pass through a muster or inspection without censure. Such excuses will not pass muster with God. --South. | |
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Muster \Mus"ter\, n. [OE. moustre, OF. mostre, moustre, F. montre, LL. monstra. See {Muster}, v. t.] 1. Something shown for imitation; a pattern. [Obs.] 2. A show; a display. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. 3. An assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or introduction into service. The hurried muster of the soldiers of liberty. --Hawthorne. See how in warlike muster they appear, In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings. --Milton. 4. The sum total of an army when assembled for review and inspection; the whole number of effective men in an army. And the muster was thirty thousands of men. --Wyclif. Ye publish the musters of your own bands, and proclaim them to amount of thousands. --Hooker. 5. Any assemblage or display; a gathering. Of the temporal grandees of the realm, mentof their wives and daughters, the muster was great and splendid. --Macaulay. {Muster book}, a book in which military forces are registred. {Muster file}, a muster roll. {Muster master} (Mil.), one who takes an account of troops, and of their equipment; a mustering officer; an inspector. [Eng.] {Muster roll} (Mil.), a list or register of all the men in a company, troop, or regiment, present or accounted for on the day of muster. {To pass muster}, to pass through a muster or inspection without censure. Such excuses will not pass muster with God. --South. | |
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Muster \Mus"ter\, n. [OE. moustre, OF. mostre, moustre, F. montre, LL. monstra. See {Muster}, v. t.] 1. Something shown for imitation; a pattern. [Obs.] 2. A show; a display. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. 3. An assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or introduction into service. The hurried muster of the soldiers of liberty. --Hawthorne. See how in warlike muster they appear, In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings. --Milton. 4. The sum total of an army when assembled for review and inspection; the whole number of effective men in an army. And the muster was thirty thousands of men. --Wyclif. Ye publish the musters of your own bands, and proclaim them to amount of thousands. --Hooker. 5. Any assemblage or display; a gathering. Of the temporal grandees of the realm, mentof their wives and daughters, the muster was great and splendid. --Macaulay. {Muster book}, a book in which military forces are registred. {Muster file}, a muster roll. {Muster master} (Mil.), one who takes an account of troops, and of their equipment; a mustering officer; an inspector. [Eng.] {Muster roll} (Mil.), a list or register of all the men in a company, troop, or regiment, present or accounted for on the day of muster. {To pass muster}, to pass through a muster or inspection without censure. Such excuses will not pass muster with God. --South. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Muster \Mus"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mustered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mustering}.] [OE. mustren, prop., to show, OF. mostrer, mustrer, moustrer, monstrer, F. montrer, fr. L. monstrare to show. See {Monster}.] 1. To collect and display; to assemble, as troops for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like. --Spenser. 2. Hence: To summon together; to enroll in service; to get together. [bd]Mustering all its force.[b8] --Cowper. All the gay feathers he could muster. --L'Estrange. {To muster troops into service} (Mil.), to inspect and enter troops on the muster roll of the army. {To muster troops out of service} (Mil.), to register them for final payment and discharge. {To muster up}, to gather up; to succeed in obtaining; to obtain with some effort or difficulty. One of those who can muster up sufficient sprightliness to engage in a game of forfeits. --Hazlitt. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Muster \Mus"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mustered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mustering}.] [OE. mustren, prop., to show, OF. mostrer, mustrer, moustrer, monstrer, F. montrer, fr. L. monstrare to show. See {Monster}.] 1. To collect and display; to assemble, as troops for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like. --Spenser. 2. Hence: To summon together; to enroll in service; to get together. [bd]Mustering all its force.[b8] --Cowper. All the gay feathers he could muster. --L'Estrange. {To muster troops into service} (Mil.), to inspect and enter troops on the muster roll of the army. {To muster troops out of service} (Mil.), to register them for final payment and discharge. {To muster up}, to gather up; to succeed in obtaining; to obtain with some effort or difficulty. One of those who can muster up sufficient sprightliness to engage in a game of forfeits. --Hazlitt. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Musty \Mus"ty\, a. [Compar. {Mustier}; superl. {Mustiest}.] [From L. mustum must; or perh. fr. E. moist. Cf. {Must}, n., {Moist}.] 1. Having the rank, pungent, offencive odor and taste which substances of organic origin acquire during warm, moist weather; foul or sour and fetid; moldy; as, musty corn; musty books. --Harvey. 2. Spoiled by age; rank; stale. The proverb is somewhat musty. --Shak. 3. Dull; heavy; spiritless. [bd]That he may not grow musty and unfit for conversation.[b8] --Addison. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mother \Moth"er\, n. [Akin to D. modder mud, G. moder mold, mud, Dan. mudder mud, and to E. mud. See {Mud}.] A film or membrane which is developed on the surface of fermented alcoholic liquids, such as vinegar, wine, etc., and acts as a means of conveying the oxygen of the air to the alcohol and other combustible principles of the liquid, thus leading to their oxidation. Note: The film is composed of a mass of rapidly developing micro[94]rganisms of the genus {Mycoderma}, and in the {mother of vinegar} the micro[94]rganisms ({Mycoderma aceti}) composing the film are the active agents in the Conversion of the alcohol into vinegar. When thickened by growth, the film may settle to the bottom of the fluid. See {Acetous fermentation}, under {Fermentation}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Mycoderma \[d8]My`co*der"ma\, n. [NL., from Gr. my`khs a fungus + de`rma skin.] 1. (Biol.) One of the forms in which bacteria group themselves; a more or less thick layer of motionless but living bacteria, formed by the bacteria uniting on the surface of the fluid in which they are developed. This production differs from the zo[94]l[d2]a stage of bacteria by not having the intermediary mucous substance. 2. A genus of micro[94]rganisms of which the acetic ferment ({Mycoderma aceti}), which converts alcoholic fluids into vinegar, is a representative. Cf. {Mother}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
2. A state of agitation or excitement, as of the intellect or the feelings. It puts the soul to fermentation and activity. --Jer. Taylor. A univesal fermentation of human thought and faith. --C. Kingsley. {Acetous, [or] Acetic}, {fermentation}, a form of oxidation in which alcohol is converted into vinegar or acetic acid by the agency of a specific fungus or ferment ({Mycoderma aceti}). The process involves two distinct reactions, in which the oxygen of the air is essential. An intermediate product, aldehyde, is formed in the first process. 1. C2H6O + O = H2O + C2H4O Note: Alcohol. Water. Aldehyde. 2. C2H4O + O = C2H4O2 Note: Aldehyde. Acetic acid. {Alcoholic fermentation}, the fermentation which saccharine bodies undergo when brought in contact with the yeast plant or Torula. The sugar is converted, either directly or indirectly, into alcohol and carbonic acid, the rate of action being dependent on the rapidity with which the Torul[91] develop. {Ammoniacal fermentation}, the conversion of the urea of the urine into ammonium carbonate, through the growth of the special urea ferment. CON2H4 + 2H2O = (NH4)2CO3 Note: Urea. Water. Ammonium carbonate. Note: Whenever urine is exposed to the air in open vessels for several days it undergoes this alkaline fermentation. {Butyric fermentation}, the decomposition of various forms of organic matter, through the agency of a peculiar worm-shaped vibrio, with formation of more or less butyric acid. It is one of the many forms of fermentation that collectively constitute putrefaction. See {Lactic fermentation}. {Fermentation by an} {unorganized ferment [or] enzyme}. Fermentations of this class are purely chemical reactions, in which the ferment acts as a simple catalytic agent. Of this nature are the decomposition or inversion of cane sugar into levulose and dextrose by boiling with dilute acids, the conversion of starch into dextrin and sugar by similar treatment, the conversion of starch into like products by the action of diastase of malt or ptyalin of saliva, the conversion of albuminous food into peptones and other like products by the action of pepsin-hydrochloric acid of the gastric juice or by the ferment of the pancreatic juice. {Fermentation theory of disease} (Biol. & Med.), the theory that most if not all, infectious or zymotic disease are caused by the introduction into the organism of the living germs of ferments, or ferments already developed (organized ferments), by which processes of fermentation are set up injurious to health. See {Germ theory}. {Glycerin fermentation}, the fermentation which occurs on mixing a dilute solution of glycerin with a peculiar species of schizomycetes and some carbonate of lime, and other matter favorable to the growth of the plant, the glycerin being changed into butyric acid, caproic acid, butyl, and ethyl alcohol. With another form of bacterium ({Bacillus subtilis}) ethyl alcohol and butyric acid are mainly formed. {Lactic fermentation}, the transformation of milk sugar or other saccharine body into lactic acid, as in the souring of milk, through the agency of a special bacterium ({Bacterium lactis} of Lister). In this change the milk sugar, before assuming the form of lactic acid, presumably passes through the stage of glucose. C12H22O11.H2O = 4C3H6O3 Note: Hydrated milk sugar. Lactic acid. Note: In the lactic fermentation of dextrose or glucose, the lactic acid which is formed is very prone to undergo butyric fermentation after the manner indicated in the following equation: 2C3H6O3 (lactic acid) = C4H8O2 (butyric acid) + 2CO2 (carbonic acid) + 2H2 (hydrogen gas). {Putrefactive fermentation}. See {Putrefaction}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Jabiru \Jab"i*ru\, n. [Braz. jabir[a3], jabur[a3].] (Zo[94]l.) One of several large wading birds of the genera {Mycteria} and {Xenorhynchus}, allied to the storks in form and habits. Note: The American jabiru ({Mycteria Americana}) is white, with the head and neck black and nearly bare of feathers. The East Indian and Australian ({Xenorhynchus Australis}) has the neck, head, and back covered with glossy, dark green feathers, changing on the head to purple. The African jabiru ({Mycteria, [or] Ephippiorhynchus, Senegalensis}) has the neck, head, wing coverts, and tail, black, and is called also {saddle-billed stork}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Jabiru \Jab"i*ru\, n. [Braz. jabir[a3], jabur[a3].] (Zo[94]l.) One of several large wading birds of the genera {Mycteria} and {Xenorhynchus}, allied to the storks in form and habits. Note: The American jabiru ({Mycteria Americana}) is white, with the head and neck black and nearly bare of feathers. The East Indian and Australian ({Xenorhynchus Australis}) has the neck, head, and back covered with glossy, dark green feathers, changing on the head to purple. The African jabiru ({Mycteria, [or] Ephippiorhynchus, Senegalensis}) has the neck, head, wing coverts, and tail, black, and is called also {saddle-billed stork}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Bonaci \[d8]Bo`na*ci"\, n. [Amer. Sp. bonas[a1], prob. from native name.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large grouper ({Mycteroperca bonaci}) of Florida and the West Indies, valuable as a food fish; -- called also {aguaji} and, in Florida, {black grouper}. (b) Also, any one of several other similar fishes. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mysterial \Mys*te"ri*al\, a. Mysterious. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mysteriarch \Mys*te"ri*arch\, n. [L. mysteriarches, Gr. [?]; [?] mystery + [?] chief.] One presiding over mysteries. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mystery \Mys"ter*y\, n.; pl. {Mysteries}. [L. mysterium, Gr. [?], fr. [?] one initiated in mysteries; cf. [?] to initiate into the mysteries, fr. [?] to shut the eyes. Cf. {Mute}, a.] 1. A profound secret; something wholly unknown, or something kept cautiously concealed, and therefore exciting curiosity or wonder; something which has not been or can not be explained; hence, specifically, that which is beyond human comprehension. We speak the wisdom of God in a mystery. --1 Cor. ii. 7. If God should please to reveal unto us this great mystery of the Trinity, or some other mysteries in our holy religion, we should not be able to understand them, unless he would bestow on us some new faculties of the mind. --Swift. 2. A kind of secret religious celebration, to which none were admitted except those who had been initiated by certain preparatory ceremonies; -- usually plural; as, the Eleusinian mysteries. 3. pl. The consecrated elements in the eucharist. 4. Anything artfully made difficult; an enigma. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mystery \Mys"ter*y\, n.; pl. {Mysteries}. [OE. mistere, OF. mestier, F. m[82]tier, L. ministerium. See {Ministry}.] 1. A trade; a handicraft; hence, any business with which one is usually occupied. Fie upon him, he will discredit our mystery. --Shak. And that which is the noblest mystery Brings to reproach and common infamy. --Spenser. 2. A dramatic representation of a Scriptural subject, often some event in the life of Christ; a dramatic composition of this character; as, the Chester Mysteries, consisting of dramas acted by various craft associations in that city in the early part of the 14th century. [bd]Mystery plays,[b8] so called because acted by craftsmen. --Skeat. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mysterious \Mys*te"ri*ous\, a. [F. myst[8a]rieux. See 1st {Mystery}.] Of or pertaining to mystery; containing a mystery; difficult or impossible to understand; obscure not revealed or explained; enigmatical; incomprehensible. God at last To Satan, first in sin, his doom applied, Thought in mysterious terms. --Milton. Syn: Obscure; secret; occult; dark; mystic; cabalistic; enigmatical; unintelligible; incomprehensible. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mysteriously \Mys*te"ri*ous*ly\, adv. In a mysterious manner. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mysteriousness \Mys*te"ri*ous*ness\, n. 1. The state or quality of being mysterious. 2. Something mysterious; a mystery. [R.] --Jer. Taylor. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mysterize \Mys"ter*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mysterized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mysterizing}.] To make mysterious; to make a mystery of. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mysterize \Mys"ter*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mysterized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mysterizing}.] To make mysterious; to make a mystery of. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mysterize \Mys"ter*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mysterized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mysterizing}.] To make mysterious; to make a mystery of. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mystery \Mys"ter*y\, n.; pl. {Mysteries}. [L. mysterium, Gr. [?], fr. [?] one initiated in mysteries; cf. [?] to initiate into the mysteries, fr. [?] to shut the eyes. Cf. {Mute}, a.] 1. A profound secret; something wholly unknown, or something kept cautiously concealed, and therefore exciting curiosity or wonder; something which has not been or can not be explained; hence, specifically, that which is beyond human comprehension. We speak the wisdom of God in a mystery. --1 Cor. ii. 7. If God should please to reveal unto us this great mystery of the Trinity, or some other mysteries in our holy religion, we should not be able to understand them, unless he would bestow on us some new faculties of the mind. --Swift. 2. A kind of secret religious celebration, to which none were admitted except those who had been initiated by certain preparatory ceremonies; -- usually plural; as, the Eleusinian mysteries. 3. pl. The consecrated elements in the eucharist. 4. Anything artfully made difficult; an enigma. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mystery \Mys"ter*y\, n.; pl. {Mysteries}. [OE. mistere, OF. mestier, F. m[82]tier, L. ministerium. See {Ministry}.] 1. A trade; a handicraft; hence, any business with which one is usually occupied. Fie upon him, he will discredit our mystery. --Shak. And that which is the noblest mystery Brings to reproach and common infamy. --Spenser. 2. A dramatic representation of a Scriptural subject, often some event in the life of Christ; a dramatic composition of this character; as, the Chester Mysteries, consisting of dramas acted by various craft associations in that city in the early part of the 14th century. [bd]Mystery plays,[b8] so called because acted by craftsmen. --Skeat. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Mc Dermott, OH Zip code(s): 45652 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Mc Kittrick, CA Zip code(s): 93251 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
McDermitt, NV (CDP, FIPS 44000) Location: 41.97288 N, 117.60459 W Population (1990): 373 (133 housing units) Area: 34.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
McKittrick, MO (town, FIPS 45200) Location: 38.73520 N, 91.44269 W Population (1990): 66 (28 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Mogadore, OH (village, FIPS 51058) Location: 41.05035 N, 81.40063 W Population (1990): 4008 (1509 housing units) Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 44260 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
mouse droppings n. [MS-DOS] Pixels (usually single) that are not properly restored when the mouse pointer moves away from a particular location on the screen, producing the appearance that the mouse pointer has left droppings behind. The major causes for this problem are programs that write to the screen memory corresponding to the mouse pointer's current location without hiding the mouse pointer first, and mouse drivers that do not quite support the graphics mode in use. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
MAC address The hardware address of a device connected to a shared {network} medium. See also {Media Access Control}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
master {botmaster} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
mouse droppings 1. single) that are not properly restored when the {mouse pointer} moves away from a particular location on the screen, producing the appearance that the mouse pointer has left droppings behind. The major causes for this problem are {MS-DOS} programs that write to the screen memory corresponding to the mouse pointer's current location without hiding the mouse pointer first, and mouse drivers that do not quite support the {graphics mode} in use. 2. {World-Wide Web} server's log whenever a client connects to a site. Users may be unaware that their activity is being logged in this way but the potential for misuse of the information is limited. [March 1996 Macworld, p260, Viewpoint article by Larry Irving]. (1994-12-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
mouse trails Interface}s) which causes the {mouse} {pointer} to leave a trail across the screen. This is done by keeping track of the last eight or so (maybe configurable) pointer positions, and only erasing the oldest. This means that at any time, there may be up to eight pointers on the screen, but if the mouse is still, they will all be in the same position, and so only one will be visible. When the mouse moves, it appears to leave a trail of pointers behind it, and this can dramatically increase the visibility of the pointer when using {LCD} screens. The older ones had such long {persistence} that a single mouse pointer, when moving, tended to be completely invisible, and on a cluttered screen, was very difficult to find. (1996-07-08) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Mustard a plant of the genus sinapis, a pod-bearing, shrub-like plant, growing wild, and also cultivated in gardens. The little round seeds were an emblem of any small insignificant object. It is not mentioned in the Old Testament; and in each of the three instances of its occurrence in the New Testament (Matt. 13:31, 32; Mark 4:31, 32; Luke 13:18, 19) it is spoken of only with reference to the smallness of its seed. The common mustard of Palestine is the Sinapis nigra. This garden herb sometimes grows to a considerable height, so as to be spoken of as "a tree" as compared with garden herbs. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Mystery the calling of the Gentiles into the Christian Church, so designated (Eph. 1:9, 10; 3:8-11; Col. 1:25-27); a truth undiscoverable except by revelation, long hid, now made manifest. The resurrection of the dead (1 Cor. 15:51), and other doctrines which need to be explained but which cannot be fully understood by finite intelligence (Matt. 13:11; Rom. 11:25; 1 Cor. 13:2); the union between Christ and his people symbolized by the marriage union (Eph. 5:31, 32; comp. 6:19); the seven stars and the seven candlesticks (Rev. 1:20); and the woman clothed in scarlet (17:7), are also in this sense mysteries. The anti-Christian power working in his day is called by the apostle (2 Thess. 2:7) the "mystery of iniquity." |